Use of genital inspection and female urine tests to detect oestrus in captive Asian elephants

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 267-278

  Thitaram, Chatchote ^a,b   Chansitthiwet, Saran ^c   Pongsopawijit, Pornsawan ^a   Brown, Janine L ^d   Wongkalasin, Waroot ^a   Daram, Prachayarat ^a   Roongsri, Ronnachit ^e   Kalmapijit, Anchalee ^e   Mahasawangkul, Sittidet ^c   Rojanasthien, Suvichai ^a   Colenbrander, Ben ^b   van der Weijden, Gysbert C ^b   van Eerdenburg, Frank J C M ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FOREST INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION   (Thailand)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Maesa Elephant Camp   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Asian elephant; Genital inspection test; Oestrous cycle; Pheromone; Urine test

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN; PHEROMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIRTH RATE; BREEDING; ELEPHANT; ESTRUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINALYSIS; URINE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ASIA; BIRTH RATE; ELEPHANTS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; PARITY; PHEROMONES; POPULATION DENSITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; URINALYSIS;

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 67651154242     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.11.017     Document Type: Article

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