Use of a GnRH agonist to suppress testosterone in wild male Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 178-182

  Atkinson, S ^a   Ragen, T J ^b   Gilmartin, W G ^b   Becker, B L ^b   Johanos, T C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

GnRH agonist; Hawaiian monk seals; Monachus schauinslandi; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MATING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

EID: 0031738471     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1998.7173     Document Type: Article

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