Evidence that hyperprolactinaemia is associated with ovarian acyclicity in female zoo African elephants

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1019-1027

  Dow, T L ^a,b   Brown, J L ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadal dysfunction; Ovarian cyclicity; Progestagens

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN; PROLACTIN;

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELEPHANT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTAGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; LUTEAL PHASE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; OVARIAN DISEASES; PROGESTINS; PROLACTIN;

EID: 84867326646     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD11302     Document Type: Article

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