Testosterone and estradiol concentrations in serum, velvet skin, and growing antler bone of male white-tailed deer

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 303, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 186-192

  Bubenik, George A ^a   Miller, Karl V ^b   Lister, Andrea L ^a   Osborn, David A ^b   Bartos, Ludek ^c   Van Der Kraak, Glen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE; CHEMISTRY; DEER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SKIN;

ANIMALS; ANTLERS; BONE AND BONES; DEER; ESTRADIOL; MALE; SEASONS; SKIN; TESTOSTERONE;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 17644413825     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.139     Document Type: Article

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