Luteogenesis during the estrous cycle in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Reproduction

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 777-786

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

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

^b Kingfisher International Inc   (Canada)

^c African Lion Safari and Game Farm Ltd (ALS)   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; ECHOGRAPHY; ELEPHANT; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; LUTEOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELEPHANTS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTINS; VIDEO RECORDING;

ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78149296350     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-10-0022     Document Type: Article

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