Seasonal reproduction in male pichis Zaedyus pichiy (Xenarthra: Dasypodidae) estimated by fecal androgen metabolites and testicular histology

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 283-292

  Superina, Mariella ^a   Jahn, Graciela A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b Laboratorio de Reproduccion y Lactancia Mendoza   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fecal hormones; Fecal testosterone metabolites; Pichis Argentina; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EDENTATA; FECES; HIBERNATION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; TESTIS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; FECES; HIBERNATION; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TESTIS; XENARTHRA;

ARMADILLO; DASYPODIDAE; EDENTATA; XENARTHRA; ZAEDYUS PICHIY;

EID: 63449121107     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.04.026     Document Type: Article

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