Monitoring ovarian cycle and conception by fecal progesterone analysis in sika deer

Ecological Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 397-404

  Matsuura, Yukiko ^a   Sasamoto, Yoshihiko ^a   Sato, Kenji ^a   Takahashi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Suzuki, Masatsugu ^a   Ohtaishi, Noriyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervus nippon yesoensis; Conception; Fecal progesterone; Ovulation; Silent estrus

Indexed keywords

MATING BEHAVIOR; MONITORING; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; RUMINANT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

BOVIDAE; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS NIPPON; CERVUS NIPPON YESOENSIS;

EID: 4043092764     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1703.2004.00650.x     Document Type: Article

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