Monitoring and controlling reproduction in captive common marmosets on the basis of urinary oestrogen metabolites

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 162-170

  Nievergelt, C ^a   Pryce, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Common marmoset; Controlling reproduction; Determination of pregnancy; Luteolytic agent; Timing of ovulation; Urinary oestrogen metabolites

Indexed keywords

CLOPROSTENOL; CREATININE; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ESTROGEN URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEOLYSIS; MALE; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; MARMOSETS;

EID: 0029997839     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367796780865781     Document Type: Article

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