Longitudinal fecal hormone analysis for monitoring reproductive activity in the female polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

Theriogenology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1977-1986

  Stoops, M A ^a   MacKinnon, K M ^a   Roth, T L ^a  

^a Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal hormones; Polar bear; Pregnancy; Pseudopregnancy; Reproductive seasonality; Ursus maritimus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEAR; BIRTH; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; TESTOSTERONE; URSIDAE;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 84868193222     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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