Noninvasive monitoring of ovarian endocrine activity in the chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 288-297

  Manuel Busso, Juan ^a   Flavia Ponzio, Marina ^a   Fiol de Cuneo, Marta ^a   Daniel Ruiz, Rubén ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chinchilla; Estradiol and progesterone; Non invasive monitoring; Pregnancy; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CARBON 11; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHINCHILLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 33845451310     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.09.011     Document Type: Article

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