Use of salivary steroid analyses to assess ovarian cycles in an Indian rhinoceros at the National Zoological Park

Zoo Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 501-512

  Gómez, Andrés ^a   Jewell, Erin ^a   Walker, Susan L ^a   Brown, Janine L ^a,b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Estrogens; Estrus; Hormones; Progestins

Indexed keywords

RHINOCEROS UNICORNIS; RHINOCEROTIDAE;

EID: 12444274967     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20028     Document Type: Article

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