Non-invasive detection and monitoring of estrus, pregnancy and the postpartum period in pygmy loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus) using fecal estrogen metabolites

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-115

  Jurke, M H ^a   Czekala, N M ^a   Fitch Snyder, H ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

estrus; fecal estrone conjugates; gestation; labial opening; Nycticebus pygmaeus; pygmy loris

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; ESTRUS; FECES; FEMALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSIMIAN; PUERPERIUM;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; ESTRUS DETECTION; FECES; FEMALE; LORISIDAE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031049478     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1997)41:2<103::AID-AJP3>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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