Monitoring the reproductive status of female gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) by measuring the steroid hormones in fecal samples

Primates

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 291-299

  Miyamoto, Sachiko ^a,b   Chen, Yang ^b,c   Kurotori, Hidetoshi ^d   Sankai, Tadashi ^b   Yoshida, Takashi ^b   Machida, Takeo ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c Seiwa Pharmaceutical Ltd   (Japan)

^d Ueno Zoological Gardens   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estradiol 17 ; Fecal steroid; Female reproductive status; Gorilla gorilla gorilla; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

FECES; HORMONE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; GORILLA GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0035696795     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02629620     Document Type: Article

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