Photoperiodic effects on reproductive development in male cavies (Cavia aperea)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 142-147

  Guenther, A ^a   Palme, R ^b   Dersen, M ^a   Kaiser, S ^c   Trillmich, F ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Feces; Maturation; Photoperiod; Precocial; Seasonality; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BODY WEIGHT; CAVIA APEREA; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPRING; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84887376769     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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