Follicular, endocrine and behavioural dynamics of the Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) oestrous cycle

Reproduction

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 843-856

  Stoops, Monica A ^a   Pairan, Randal D ^a   Roth, Terri L ^a  

^a Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BREEDING METHOD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ESTROGEN URINE LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LUTEINIZATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE METABOLISM; PROGESTERONE URINE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESTROGENS; ESTROUS CYCLE; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PERISSODACTYLA; PROGESTERONE;

RHINOCEROS UNICORNIS; RHINOCEROTIDAE;

EID: 11144254964     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00328     Document Type: Article

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