Urinary steroid hormone analysis of ovarian cycles and pregnancy in mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) indicate that menses, copulatory behavior, sexual swellings and reproductive condition are associated with changing estrone conjugates (E1C) and pregnanediol-3-glucuronide (PdG)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 320-330

  Phillips, Rebecca Sellin ^a,b   Wheaton, Catharine J ^a  

^a DISNEY S ANIMAL KINGDOM   (United States)

^b Disney's Animal Kingdom   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrone conjugates (E1C); Mandrillus sphinx; Menstrual cycle; Pregnancy; Pregnanediol 1 3 glucuronide (PdG); Sexual swellings

Indexed keywords

MANDRILLUS; MANDRILLUS SPHINX; PRIMATES;

EID: 50449103975     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20192     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Bettinger T, Wallis J, Morris A. 1995. Reproductive parameters of mandrills at the Tulsa Zoo. Zoo Biol 14:115-121.
2. Cameron JL. 1991. Metabolic cues for the onset of puberty. Horm Res 36:97-103.
3. Dixson AF. 1983. Observations on the evolution and behavioral significance of sexual skin in female primates. Adv Study Behav 13:63-106.
4. Dixson AF, Anderson MJ. 2002. Sexual selection, seminal coagulation and copulatory plug formation in primates. Folia Primatol 73:63-69.
5. Feistner ATC. 1992. Aspects of reproduction of female mandrills. Intl Zoo Yrbk 31:170-178.
6. Feistner ATC, Cooper RW, Evans S. 1992. The establishment and reproduction of a group of semifree-ranging mandrills. Zoo Biol 11:385-395.
7. Herrick JR, Agoramoorthy G, Rudran R, Harder JD. 2000. Urinary progesterone in free-ranging red howler monkeys (Alouatta seniculus): preliminary observations of the estrous cycle and gestation. Am J Primatol 51:257-263.
8. Hodges JK, Czekala NM, Lasley BL. 1979. Estrogen and luteinizing hormone secretion in diverse primate species from simplified urinary analysis. J Med Primatol 8:349-364.
9. Lasley BL, Kirkpatrick JF. 1991. Monitoring ovarian function in captive and free-ranging wildlife by means of urinary and fecal steriods. J Zoo Wildl Med 22:23-31.
10. Lindburg DG, Lyles AM, Czekala NM. 1989. Status and reproductive potential of lion-tailed macaques in captivity. Zoo Biol Suppl 1:5-16.
11. Munro CJ, Stabenfeldt GH, Cragun JR, Addiego LA, Overstreet JW, Lasley BL. 1991. Relationship of serum estradiol and progesterone concentrations to the excretion profiles of their major urinary metabolites as measured by enzyme immunoassay and radioimmunoassay. Clin Chem 37:838-844.
12. Nunn CL. 1999. The evolution of exaggerated sexual swellings in primates and the graded-signal hypothesis. Anim Behav 58:229-246.
13. Savage A, Lasley BL, Vecchio AJ, Miller AE, Shideler SE. 1995. Selected aspects of female white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia) reproductive biology in captivity. Zoo Biol 14:441-452.
14. Setchell JM, Wickings EJ. 2004. Sexual swelling in mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx): a test of the reliable indicator hypothesis. Behav Ecol 15:438-445.
15. Setchell JM, Charpentier MJE, Bedjabaga I-B, Reed P, Wickings EJ, Knapp LA. 2006. Secondary sexual characters and female quality in primates. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 61:305-315.
16. Shideler SE, Czekala NM, Kasman LH, Lindburg DG, Lasley BL. 1983. Monitoring ovulation and implantation in the lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) through urinary estrone conjugate evaluations. Biol Reprod 29:905-911.
17. Shideler SE, Munro CJ, Tell L, Owiti G, Laughlin L, JR. RC, Lasley BL. 1990. The relationship of serum estradiol and progesterone concentrations to the enzyme immunoassay measurements of urinary estrone conjugates and immunoreactive pregnanediol-3-glucuronide in (Macaca mulatta). Am J Primatol 22:113-122.
18. Shideler SE, Savage A, Ortono AM, Moorman EA, Lasley BL. 1994. Monitoring female reproductive function by measurement of fecal estrogen and progesterone metabolites in the white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia). Am J Primatol 32:95-108.
19. Terdal E. 1996. Captive environmental influences on behavior in zoo drills and mandrills (Mandrillus), a threatened genus of primate. Dissertation. Portland: Portland State University. 128p.
20. Wasser SK, Hunt KE, Brown JL, Cooper K, Crockett CM, Bechert U, Millspaugh JJ, Larson S, Monfort SL. 2000. A generalized fecal glucocorticoid assay for use in a diverse array of nondomestic mammalian and avian species. Gen Comp Endocrinol 120:260-275.
21. Wheaton CJ, Joseph S, Reid K, Webster T, Richards M, Savage A. 2006. Body weight as an effective tool for determination of onset of puberty in captive female Nile hippopotami (Hippopotamus amphibious). Zoo Biol 25:59-71.
22. Whitten PL, Russell E. 1996. Information content of sexual swellings and fecal steroids in sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus atys). Am J Primatol 40:67-82.
23. Ziegler TE, Scheffler G, Wittwer DJ, Schultz-Darken N, Snowdon CT, Abbott DH. 1996. Metabolism of reproductive steroids during the ovarian cycle in two species of callitrichids, Saguinus oedipus and Callithrix jacchus and estimation of the ovulatory period from fecal steroids. J Reprod 54:91-99.