Effects of deslorelin implants on reproduction in the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 899-909

  Eymann, Jutta ^a   Herbert, Catherine A ^a,d   Thomson, Brian P ^b   Trigg, Tim E ^c   Cooper, Desmond W ^a,d   Eckery, Douglas C ^b,e  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Contraception; Endocrinology; Fertility control; Progesterone; Vaginal cell cytology

Indexed keywords

DESLORELIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PLACEBO; SUPRELORIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; BREEDING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HYPOPHYSIS; IMPLANT; INFERTILITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MARSUPIAL; MATING; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SLOW DRUG RELEASE; TESTIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; OPOSSUMS; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE; TRIPTORELIN;

PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 35649021881     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD07046     Document Type: Article

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