Excretion profiles of some reproductive steroids in the faeces of captive Nepalese red panda (Ailurus fulgens fulgens)

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 565-570

  Spanner, A ^b   Stone, G M ^b   Schultz, D ^a  

^a Adelaide Zoo   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Androgens; Faecal; Oestrogens; Progestins; Sex

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FECES LEVEL; FEMALE; GONAD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESTROGENS; FECES; FEMALE; PROGESTINS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TIME FACTORS;

AILURUS FULGENS; ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; PANDA;

EID: 0031437682     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/R97020     Document Type: Article

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