Endocrine milieu of perioestrus in the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), as determined by non-invasive hormone measures

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 901-912

  Kersey, David C ^a,d   Wildt, David E ^a   Brown, Janine L ^a   Snyder, Rebecca J ^b   Huang, Yan ^c   Monfort, Steven L ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

^c China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda   (China)

^d WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

bear reproduction; faecal hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

AILUROPODA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESTROGENS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FECES; FEMALE; PROGESTINS; URSIDAE;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 77954211324     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD09178     Document Type: Article

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