Plasma glucocorticoid concentrations in free-ranging platypuses (Ornithorhynchus anatinus): Response to capture and patterns in relation to reproduction

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 895-902

  Handasyde, K A ^a   McDonald, I R ^a   Evans, B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Free fatty acids; Glucocorticoids; Ornithorhynchus anatinus; Plasma glucose; Platypus; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FAT; BREEDING; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MATING; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PLATYPUS; REPRODUCTION; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TAIL;

ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS;

EID: 0344436668     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00280-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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