Concentrations of progesterone in milk from bottlenose dolphins during different reproductive states

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 218-224

  West, K L ^a   Atkinson, S ^a   Carmichael, M J ^a   Sweeney, J C ^b   Krames, B ^b   Krames, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Dolphin Quest   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033961746     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2000.7404     Document Type: Article

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