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. 1979 Jul;56(2):555-8.
doi: 10.1530/jrf.0.0560555.

Oestrous and ovarian activity in a female jaguar (Panthera onca)

D E Wildt, C C Platz, P K Chakraborty, S W Seager

Oestrous and ovarian activity in a female jaguar (Panthera onca)

D E Wildt et al. J Reprod Fertil. 1979 Jul.

Abstract

The mean +/- s.e.m. duration of oestrus was 12.0 +/- 1.0 days (n = 7) and the oestrous cycle length was 47.2 +/- 5.4 days (n = 6) for a captive jaguar. Ovulation did not occur spontaneously, but was induced by treatment with hCG or LH-RH.

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