Seasonality, estrous cycle characterization, estrus synchronization, semen cryopreservation, and artificial insemination in the Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)

Reproduction

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 391-405

  Robeck, T R ^a   Steinman, K J ^a,b   Greenwell, M ^c   Ramirez, K ^c   Van Bonn, W ^c   Yoshioka, M ^d   Katsumata, E ^e   Dalton, L ^f   Osborn, S ^f   O'Brien, J K ^a,g  

^a Busch Entertainment Corporation   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c John G Shedd Aquarium   (United States)

^d MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Kamogawa Sea World   (Japan)

^f SeaWorld San Antonio   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRENOGEST; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TRENBOLONE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL GROWTH; CONCEPTION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOLPHIN; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; DRUG POTENTIATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS; URINE;

LAGENORHYNCHUS OBLIQUIDENS;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOLPHINS; ESTROUS CYCLE; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEASONS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM COUNT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRENBOLONE;

EID: 70149105928     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-08-0528     Document Type: Article

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