Use of serum progesterone levels to detect pregnancy in elk

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982 · J. Wildl. Manage.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2307/3808587· OSTI ID:6305568

Weber, B J ^[1]; Wolfe, M L; White, G C

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1. Utah State Univ., Logan

The objective of this investigation was to determine the realibility of serum progesterone assays as a means for detecting pregnancy in elk (Cervus elaphus). The elk were trapped during February through April in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico. Blood samples were set to Bio-Science Laboratories for projesterone analysis by radioimmunoassay. Levels of progesteron were highly variable within the pregnant and nonpregnant elk. (RJC)

• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6305568
• Journal Information: J. Wildl. Manage.; (United States), Vol. 46:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
DEER
PROGESTERONE
PREGNANCY
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
BLOOD SERUM
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
ANIMALS
DATA
HORMONES
INFORMATION
KETONES
MAMMALS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PREGNANES
RUMINANTS
STEROID HORMONES
STEROIDS
VERTEBRATES
551000* - Physiological Systems