Efficiency of fecal steroid hormone measurements for assessing reproductive function in the Hokkaido brown bear (Ursus arctos yesoensis)

Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-27

  Ishikawa, Akiko ^a   Kikuchi, Sae ^a   Katagiri, Seiji ^a   Sakamoto, Hideyuki ^a   Takahashi, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enzyme immunoassay; Estradiol 17 ; Progesterone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ESTRADIOL; ETHER; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEAR; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EVAPORATION; EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; JAPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FECES; FEMALE; HORMONES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; STEROIDS; TESTOSTERONE; URSIDAE;

ANIMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0036306821     PISSN: 00471917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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