Monitoring the reproductive status of Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata) by measurement of the steroid hormones in fecal samples

Primates

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 367-373

  Yoshida, Takashi ^a   Matsumuro, Mie ^a   Miyamoto, Sachiko ^a,b   Muroyama, Yasuyuki ^c   Tashiro, Yasuko ^c   Takenoshita, Yuji ^a   Sankai, Tadashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fecal steroid; Japanese monkey; Menstrual cycle; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FECES; HORMONE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; STEROID;

MACACA FUSCATA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0035694361     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02629627     Document Type: Article

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