The acute phase protein ceruloplasmin as a non-invasive marker of pseudopregnancy, pregnancy, and pregnancy loss in the giant panda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Willis, Erin L ^a   Kersey, David C ^b,d   Durrant, Barbara S ^c   Kouba, Andrew J ^a  

^a Memphis Zoological Society   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^d WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN; GESTAGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AILUROPODA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BREEDING; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; LUTEAL PHASE; NONHUMAN; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BEAR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EMBRYO DEATH; INFLAMMATION; PATHOLOGY; URINE;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREEDING; CERULOPLASMIN; EMBRYO LOSS; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; LUTEAL PHASE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROGESTINS; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; URSIDAE;

EID: 79960325367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021159     Document Type: Article

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