Reproductive activity in captive female Honey possums, Tarsipes rostratus, assessed by faecal steroid analysis

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-31

  Bradshaw, F J ^a   Stead Richardson, E J ^a   Reeder, A J ^a   Oates, J E ^a   Bradshaw, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

17 oestradiol; Faecal steroids; Honey possum; Marsupial; Progestagens; Reproduction; Tarsipes rostratus

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3BETA HYDROXY 5BETA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; ISOMER; MARSUPIAL; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVULATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; STEROID ANALYSIS; STEROID EXCRETION; URINALYSIS; URINE;

EID: 3042796954     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.04.008     Document Type: Article

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