Relationship Between Body Temperature and Ovarian Cycle in Asian and African Elephants
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- KUSUDA Satoshi
- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University
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- WAKIMOTO Terumi
- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University
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- SATO Tetsuya
- Animal Escort Service
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- NISHIMURA Kazuhisa
- Himeji Central Park
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- KAWAKAMI Shigehisa
- Gunma Safari Park
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- OKUDA Kazuo
- Himeji Central Park
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- SAITO Eriko
- Gunma Safari Park
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- SHIMADA Takuji
- Gunma Safari Park
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- SAKAMOTO Hidefusa
- Kyoto Municipal Zoo
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- YANAGIMOTO Hiroshi
- Kyoto Municipal Zoo
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- WADA Seitaro
- Kyoto Municipal Zoo
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- NISHIO Kaneyoshi
- Nagoya Higashiyama Zoo
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- FUJI Hideyuki
- Nagoya Higashiyama Zoo
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- SUZUKI Tetsuya
- Nagoya Higashiyama Zoo
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- HASHIKAWA Hisashi
- Nagoya Higashiyama Zoo
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- KUSUNOKI Hiroshi
- Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University
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- DOI Osamu
- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University
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The aim of the present study was to investigate whether changes in body temperature are related to the ovarian cycle in elephants. Rectal, tongue or fecal temperature was measured for 2 Asian and 5 African elephants using an electric thermometer. Evaluation of ovarian cycles was based on the changes in serum or fecal progestin. The mean ± SD values of the rectal, tongue, and fecal temperatures were 36.3 ± 0.3 (2 Asian), 36.2 ± 0.5 (1 African) and 36.5 ± 0.3 C (4 African), respectively; the fecal temperature was the highest of the 3 temperatures (P<0.01). The longitudinal changes in body temperatures correlated with the ovarian cycle, with higher temperatures occurring during the luteal phase. The fecal temperatures of one acyclic African elephant did not change cyclically. These results suggest that measurement of body temperature can be used to easily evaluate the ovarian cyclicity of an individual animal, although it might not be able to determine the ovarian cycle length.<br>
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- Journal of Reproduction and Development
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Journal of Reproduction and Development 53 (5), 1099-1105, 2007
公益社団法人 日本繁殖生物学会
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- CRID
- 1390282681313015168
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- NII論文ID
- 10019769043
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- NII書誌ID
- AA10936678
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- ISSN
- 13484400
- 09168818
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- NDL書誌ID
- 8965614
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- en
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