Non-invasive faecal steroid monitoring of ovarian and adrenal activity in farmed blue fox (Alopex lagopus) females during late pregnancy, parturition and lactation onset

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 309-319

  Sanson, Gorm ^a,c   Brown, Janine L ^b   Farstad, Wenche ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Corticoids; Faecal steroids; Fox; Oestrogens; Progestagens

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; FECES; FEMALE; FOX; LACTATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; FECES; FEMALE; FOXES; HORMONES; LACTATION; MALE; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTINS;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; CANIDAE; LAGOPUS; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 19544376659     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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