Longitudinal fecal steroid excretion in maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 96-107

  Velloso, Agnes L ^a   Wasser, Samuel K ^b   Monfort, Steve L ^c   Dietz, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Fecal steroids; Hormones; Maned wolves; Progestins; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FECES COMPOSITION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEROID ANALYSIS; STEROID EXCRETION; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM; WOLF;

CHRYSOCYON BRACHYURUS;

EID: 0032190522     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1998.7147     Document Type: Article

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