Ovarian and placental morphology and endocrine functions in the pregnant giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Reproduction

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 541-554

  Wilsher, S ^a   Stansfield, F ^b   Greenwood, R E S ^c   Trethowan, P D ^d   Anderson, R A ^e   Wooding, F B W ^f   Allen, W R ^a  

^a Brunswick   (United Kingdom)

^b Elephant Research and Conservation Unit Savé Valley Conservancy   (Zimbabwe)

^c Syde House   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTISERUM; AROMATASE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; CHORIOALLANTOIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; GRANULOSA CELL; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL CELL; LUTEINIZATION; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; TESTIS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TROPHOBLAST; ZONA FASCICULATA;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; OVARY; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; RUMINANTS; TESTIS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84877953598     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-13-0060     Document Type: Article

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