Ovarian ultrasonography correlated with fecal progestins and estradiol during the estrous cycle and early pregnancy in giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi)

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 989-995

  Lueders, Imke ^a   Hildebrandt, Thomas B ^a   Pootoolal, Jason ^b   Rich, Peter ^b   Gray, Charlie S ^b   Niemuller, Cheryl A ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b African Lion Safari   (Canada)

^c Kingfisher International Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Estradiol; Follicle; Noninvasive monitoring; Ovary progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BOVIDS; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; FECES; IMMUNOASSAY; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TIME;

GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; GIRAFFIDAE;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNOASSAY; OVARY; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTINS; RUMINANTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73349136298     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.077743     Document Type: Article

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