Housing condition alters immunological and reproductive responses to day length in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 261-266

  Weil, Zachary M ^a   Workman, Joanna L ^a   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed type hypersensitivity; Immune function; Photoperiodism; Seasonality; Siberian hamsters; Social housing; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY LENGTH; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENITAL SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOREGULATION; WINTER;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DINITROFLUOROBENZENE; FEMALE; HAIR; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 34547128631     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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