Changes in circulating LH, sex steroid hormones, thyroid hormones and corticosterone in relation to breeding and molting in captive humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) kept in an outdoor open display

Zoological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-109

  Otsuka, Ryoko ^a,c   Aoki, Kiyoshi ^a   Hori, Hidemasa ^b   Wada, Masaru ^c  

^a SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Zoological Park Society   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS HUMBOLDTI;

CORTICOSTERONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD; BODY CONSTITUTION; MOLTING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CORTICOSTERONE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MOLTING; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 0031990171     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.15.103     Document Type: Article

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