Measurement of 16-androstenes (5α-androst-16-en-3-one, 5α-androst-16-en-3α-ol, 5α-androst-16-en-3β-ol) in saliva of German landrace and göttingen minipig boars

Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 12

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 381-390

  Dehnhard, Martin ^a   Rohrmann, Hartmut ^b   Kauffold, Johannes ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b University of Leipzig ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/9781461459279     Document Type: Chapter

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