Effects of sociosexual environment on serum testosterone in captive male African rhinoceros

Theriogenology

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1105-1111

  Christensen, B W ^a   Troedsson, M H T ^b   Young, L J ^c   Oliva, M ^d   Penfold, L M ^d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d WHITE OAK CONSERVATION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Rhinoceros; Sociosexual; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; PERISSODACTYLA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM; DICEROS BICORNIS; RHINOCEROS;

EID: 62549158633     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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