Plasma and pituitary concentrations of gonadotropins (FSH and LH) in minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) during the feeding season

Theriogenology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1127-1141

  Suzuki, T ^a   Mogoe, T ^b   Asada, M ^a   Miyamoto, A ^a   Tetsuka, M ^a   Ishikawa, H ^b   Ohsumi, S ^b   Fukui, Y ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Institute of Cetacean Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

FSH; LH; Minke whales; Pituitary; Steroid hormone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WHALE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ESTRADIOL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LINEAR MODELS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; WHALES;

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA;

EID: 0035868074     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(01)00472-1     Document Type: Article

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