Monitoring the gestation period of rescued Formosan pangolin (Manis pentadactyla pentadactyla) with progesterone radioimmunoassay

Zoo Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 479-489

  Chin, Shih Chien ^a,b   Lien, Chen Yen ^a   Chan, Ya Ting ^a   Chen, Chun Lin ^a   Yang, Yi Ching ^a   Yeh, Lih Seng ^b  

^a Taipei Zoo   (Taiwan)

^b Graduate Institute of Veterinary Medicine   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Formosan Pangolin; Gestation period; Manis pentadactyla pentadactyla; Progesterone; Radioimmunoassay

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TAIWAN; TIME; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; FEMALE; MAMMALS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

MANIS PENTADACTYLA; PENTADACTYLA;

EID: 84864509697     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20413     Document Type: Article

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