Pregnancy length and health in giant pandas: What can metabolic and urinary endocrine markers unveil?

Pregnancy length and health in giant pandas: What can metabolic and urinary endocrine markers unveil?

Mature female giant pandas usually ovulate once a year. This is followed by an obligatory luteal phase, consisting of a long-lasting corpus luteum dormancy phase (CLD; primary increase in progestogens) and a much shorter active luteal phase (AL; secondary increase in progestogens). Varying duration...

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Main Authors: Jella Wauters, Kirsten S. Wilson, Tom Cools, Catherine Vancsok, Tim Bouts, Baptiste Mulot, Antoine Leclerc, Marko Haapakoski, José Kok, Ragnar Kühne, Andreas Ochs, W. Colin Duncan, Simon J. Girling, Thomas B. Hildebrandt, Qiang Zhou, Rengui Li, Yingmin Zhou, Kailai Cai, Yuliang Liu, Rong Hou, Mick Rae, Iain Valentine, Lynn Vanhaecke, Desheng Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-01-01
Series:Theriogenology Wild
Subjects:
Non-invasive hormone monitoring
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Fecal output
(pseudo)pregnancy
Post-diapause development
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773093X23000478

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