Serum prolactin concentrations in the captive female African elephant (Loxodonta africana): Potential effects of season and steroid hormone interactions

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 269-278

  Bechert, Ursula S ^a   Swanson, Lloyd ^a   Wasser, Samuel K ^b   Hess, David L ^c   Stormshak, Fredrick ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Elephants; Progesterone; Prolactin; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORMONE RELEASE; LUTEAL PHASE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 0032959507     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7254     Document Type: Article

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