Pregnancy diagnosis in urine of Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

Theriogenology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 754-761

  Braun, B C ^a   Frank, A ^a   Dehnhard, M ^a   Voigt, C C ^a   Vargas, A ^b   Goritz F ^a   Jewgenow, K ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ILCBC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lynx; Pregnancy diagnosis; Relaxin; Urine

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN; RELAXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LYNX; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; ULTRAFILTRATION; URINE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; LYNX; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; PROGESTINS; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RELAXIN; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS;

EID: 59649125760     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.09.054     Document Type: Article

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