Using PGFM (13,14-dihydro-15-keto-prostaglandin F2α) as a non-invasive pregnancy marker for felids

Theriogenology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1088-1099

  Dehnhard, M ^a   Finkenwirth, C ^a   Crosier, A ^b   Penfold, L ^c   Ringleb, J ^a   Jewgenow, K ^a  

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

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WHITE OAK CONSERVATION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Felids; Metabolite; PGFM; Pregnancy; Prostaglandin F2 ; Pseudopregnancy

Indexed keywords

15 KETO 13,14 DIHYDROPROSTAGLANDIN F2ALPHA; 15-KETO-13,14-DIHYDROPROSTAGLANDIN F2ALPHA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECES; FELIDAE; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREEDING; DINOPROST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECES; FELIDAE; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; FELIS MARGARITA; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS SUMATRAE; PRIONAILURUS BENGALENSIS;

EID: 84857796993     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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