Comparison of serum hormone levels of captive and free-living maned wolves Chrysocyon brachyurus

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 176-179

  Maia, O B ^a   Jacomo A T A ^e,g   Bringel, B A ^b   Kashivakura, C K ^e   Oliveira, C A ^h   Teodoro, L O F ^d   Silveira, L ^e,g   Teixeira da Costa, M E L ^f   Malta, M C C ^f   Furtado, M M ^e   Torres, N M ^e   Mattos, P S R ^c   Viau, P ^h   Lima, T F G ^b   Morato, Ronaldo G ^a,g  

^a Centro Nacional de Pesquisa para a Conservacao dos Predadores Naturais (Cenap/CMBio)   (Brazil)

^b Bet Laboratories do Brasil   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d RHC Reference Metals Company Inc   (Brazil)

^e Fundo para a Conservação da Onça Pintada   (Brazil)

^f Fundacão Zoo Botânica de Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

^g Instituto para a Conservação dos Carnívoros Neotropicais PRO CARNIVOROS   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Maned wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus; Progesterone; Radioimmunoassay; Reproduction; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPRING; SUMMER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WINTER; WOLF;

ANIMALIA; CHRYSOCYON BRACHYURUS;

EID: 41149147482     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2008000200015     Document Type: Article

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