Describing Ovarian Cycles, Pregnancy Characteristics, and the Use of Contraception in Female White-Faced Marmosets, Callithrix geoffroyi

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1044-1053

  Mustoe, Aaryn C ^a   Jensen, Heather A ^a   French, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraception; Pregnancy; Pregnanediol 3 glucuronide (PdG); Primates; Reproduction; White faced marmoset

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; PREGNANEDIOL; PREGNANEDIOL 3 ALPHA GLUCURONIDE; PREGNANEDIOL-3 ALPHA-GLUCURONIDE;

CONTRACEPTIVE USE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; EXCRETION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOASSAY; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CALLITHRIX; CONTRACEPTION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; URINE;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; CONTRACEPTION; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; OVARY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PREGNANEDIOL;

CALLITHRIX; CALLITHRIX GEOFFROYI; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CALLITHRIX KUHLII; CALLITHRIX PENICILLATA; CALLITRICHIDAE; MARMOSETS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84866840330     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22058     Document Type: Article

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