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Decreased plasma testosterone concentrations and weight gain in young bulls affected by ryegrass staggers
A J Peterson1, J J Bass, M J Byford
1Ruakura Animal Research Station, Private Bag, Hamilton.
New Zealand Veterinary Journal
|March 1, 1984
Abstract:
Ryegrass staggers caused a significant depression of plasma testosterone concentrations in prepubertal bulls, and the most severely affected animals had a marked reduction in liveweight gain.
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