Seasonal changes in thyroid activity in the female sheath-tailed bat, Taphozous longimanus (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae)

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 267-278

  Singh, U P ^a   Krishna, A ^a   Bhatnagar, Kunwar P ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Emballonuridae; Reproductive cycle; T3, T4, seasonal changes; Taphozous longimanus; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; ANIMALS; ORGAN SIZE;

CHIROPTERA; EMBALLONURA SEMICAUDATA; EMBALLONURIDAE; TAPHOZOUS; TAPHOZOUS LONGIMANUS;

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASON; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0036024918     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ABiol.53.2002.3.3     Document Type: Article

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