Fecal steroid analysis for monitoring reproduction in the sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)

Theriogenology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1677-1692

  Schwarzenberger, Franz ^a   Fredriksson, Gabriella ^b   Schaller, Karl ^c   Kolter, Lydia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c D 48161 ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Estrous cycle; Fecal steroid analysis; Porcine zona pellucida protein; Reproductive physiology; Seasonality; Ursidae

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; EGG PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PREGNANEDIOL; STEROID; ZONA PELLUCIDA GLYCOPROTEINS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; BORNEO; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SWINE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BORNEO; BREEDING; CORPUS LUTEUM; EGG PROTEINS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANEDIOL; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; STEROIDS; SWINE; URSIDAE;

ANIMALIA; HELARCTOS MALAYANUS; SUIDAE; URSIDAE;

EID: 7044269588     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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