Circulating levels of prolactin and progesterone in a wild population of red kangaroos (Macropus rufus) marsupialia: Macropodidae

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 317-322

  Muths, E ^a,c   Hinds, L A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c US National Biological Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; KANGAROO; LACTATION; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0029879278     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0034     Document Type: Article

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