The relation between ultrasonographic observations in the oviduct and plasma progesterone, luteinizing hormone and estradiol during the egg laying cycle in ostriches

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-28

  Bronneberg, R G G ^a   Taverne, M A M ^a   Dieleman, S J ^a   Decuypere, E ^b   Bruggeman, V ^b   Vernooij, J C M ^a   Stegeman, J A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Egg laying cycle; Ostriches; Plasma hormones; Struthio camelus spp.; Ultrasound scanning

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ECHOGRAPHY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OOCYTE; OSTRICH; OVIDUCT; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OVIDUCTS; OVIPOSITION; OVULATION; OVUM; PROGESTERONE; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

AVES; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 33751297535     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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