Fecal testosterone is elevated in high ranking female ibexes (Capra nubiana) and associated with increased aggression and a preponderance of male offspring

Theriogenology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 673-680

  Shargal, D ^a   Shore, L ^b   Roteri, N ^c   Terkel, A ^c   Zorovsky, Y ^c   Shemesh, M ^b   Steinberger, Y ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^c Tel Aviv Ramat Gan Zoological Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ibex; Progesterone; Social rank; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FECES; FEMALE; GOAT; LACTATION; MALE; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; GOATS; LACTATION; MALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TESTOSTERONE;

CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA NUBIANA; UNGULATA;

EID: 40149105669     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.11.017     Document Type: Article

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