Lactation-associated infertility in Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata) during the breeding season

Zoo Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-76

  Kondo, Masahiro ^a,b   Kishi, Hisashi ^c   Kojima, Chihiro ^d   Jin, Wanzhu ^b,d   Suzuki, Juri ^e   Shimizu, Keiko ^e   Itoh, Mariko ^e   Ohkura, Satoshi ^c   Tsukamura, Hiroko ^f   Maeda, Kei Ichiro ^f   Watanabe, Gen ^b,d   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^b,d  

^a Boston Scientific Japan   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Estradiol 17 ; Gonadotropin; Inhibin; Lactation; Progesterone; Suckling

Indexed keywords

JAPANESE MONKEYS; MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA;

EID: 0037284687     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.10073     Document Type: Article

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