Serum estradiol-17β, vaginal cytology and vulval appearance as predictors of estrus cyclicity in the female collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu) from the eastern Amazon region

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 165-174

  Mayor, Pedro ^a   Galvez, Hugo ^b   Guimaraes, Diva Anelie ^c   Lopez Gatius, Fernando ^d   Lopez Bejar, Manel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos   (Peru)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collared peccary; Estradiol 17 ; Estrus; Mating; Tayassu tajacu; Vaginal cytology; Vulval appearance

Indexed keywords

PECARI TAJACU;

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; VAGINA; VAGINA SMEAR; VULVA; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARTIODACTYLA; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS; VULVA;

EID: 33750742321     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2005.12.017     Document Type: Article

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