TY - JOUR
T1 - Pudu, the smallest deer of the world
T2 - 10 years of endocrine studies of Southern pudu (Pudu puda) in Chile
AU - Bubenik, G. A.
AU - Reyes, Eugenia
AU - Schams, D.
AU - Lobos, A.
AU - Bartoš, L.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by grants from the Mayo Clinic Center for Biomedical Discovery and grant DK090728 from the Mayo Translational PKD Center.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - The first ten years of research on pudu physiology and behavior concentrated on the investigation of hormone profiles in males. Basic and seasonal levels of LH, FSH, testosterone, prolactin, IGF-1, cortisol and triiodothyronine were determined. The seasonal fluctuations of reproductive and other hormones are related to the reproductive and the antler cycles and the social rank of individual males. In addition, basal and poststimulatory levels of cortisol, growth hormone (GH), LH, FSH and testosterone were reported after ACTH and GnRH challenge tests. Most blood levels of hormones in male pudu are in the low range often less than half of hormonal levels of another small cervid, the roe deer. Pudu responds quickly to simulated stress and GnRH elicits a vigorous increase of LH and T in the dominant males. The next phase of our research is now concentrated on the reproductive physiology of the female pudu, where a delayed implantation of the embryo is suspected.
AB - The first ten years of research on pudu physiology and behavior concentrated on the investigation of hormone profiles in males. Basic and seasonal levels of LH, FSH, testosterone, prolactin, IGF-1, cortisol and triiodothyronine were determined. The seasonal fluctuations of reproductive and other hormones are related to the reproductive and the antler cycles and the social rank of individual males. In addition, basal and poststimulatory levels of cortisol, growth hormone (GH), LH, FSH and testosterone were reported after ACTH and GnRH challenge tests. Most blood levels of hormones in male pudu are in the low range often less than half of hormonal levels of another small cervid, the roe deer. Pudu responds quickly to simulated stress and GnRH elicits a vigorous increase of LH and T in the dominant males. The next phase of our research is now concentrated on the reproductive physiology of the female pudu, where a delayed implantation of the embryo is suspected.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:53949118203
SN - 1612-4642
VL - 46
SP - 129
EP - 138
JO - European Journal of Wildlife Research
JF - European Journal of Wildlife Research
IS - 3
ER -