Effects of a fungicide (VITAVAX 200 FF) on the reproductive-endocrine functions in mallards

Environmental Toxicology and Water Quality

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-141

  Peczely P ^a   Kovacs K ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Carboxine; Male and female ducks; Seasonal effects; Sexual steroids; TMTD

Indexed keywords

CARBOXIN; ESTRADIOL; FUNGICIDE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; EGG LAYING; EGG PRODUCTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GONAD; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVIDUCT; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031970817     PISSN: 10534725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2256(1998)13:2<133::AID-TOX4>3.3.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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