Comparison of seasonal changes in reproductive parameters of adult male European fallow deer (Dama dama dama) and hybrid Mesopotamian x European fallow deer (D. d. mesopotamica x D. d. dama)

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 201-215

  Asher, G W ^a   Berg, D K ^b   Beaumont, S ^b   Morrow, C J ^c   O'Neill, K T ^a   Fisher, M W ^a  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding season; Dama dama; Fallow deer; Genotype; Hybridisation

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SECRETION; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; DEER; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030590854     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(96)01577-1     Document Type: Article

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