The effects of early environmental conditions on the reproductive and somatic development of juvenile guinea pigs (Cavia aperea f. porcellus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 680-685

  Bauer, Barbara ^a   Womastek, Irene ^b   Dittami, John ^b   Huber, Susanne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Body weight; Guinea pigs (Cavia aperea f. porcellus); Photoperiod; Puberty; Temperature; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAVIA APEREA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GUINEA PIG; MALE; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 38849182760     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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