Urinary oestradiol and testosterone levels from novel male mice approach values sufficient to disrupt early pregnancy in nearby inseminated females

Reproduction

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 309-317

  deCatanzaro, Denys ^a   Beaton, Elliott A ^a   Khan, Ayesha ^a   Vella, Emily ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALE; MOUSE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; URINALYSIS; VIDEORECORDING; ZYGOTE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY MAINTENANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33747679759     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00965     Document Type: Article

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