Luteal maintenance of pregnancy in the African elephant (Loxodonta africana)

Reproduction

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 845-854

  Stansfield, F J ^a,b   Allen, W R ^a,c  

^a Elephant Research and Conservation Unit   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Brunswick   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; PLACENTA LACTOGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL VACUOLE; ELEPHANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL CELL; LUTEINIZATION; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; CORPUS LUTEUM MAINTENANCE; ELEPHANTS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; LACTATION; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 84861510514     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-12-0032     Document Type: Article

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