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- Title
DETERMINATION OF PREGNANCY STATUS FROM BLUBBER SAMPLES IN MINKE WHALES (BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA).
- Authors
Mansour, Atef A.H.; McKay, Donald W.; Lien, Jon; Orr, James C.; Banoub, Joseph H.; Øien, Nils; Stenson, Garry
- Abstract
Measurement of progesterone concentration in blubber was developed as a method to detect pregnancy in minke whales. Progesterone was extracted and quantified from blubber samples of minke whale carcasses by radioimmunoassay. Results showed a highly significant difference (almost 60-fold) between blubber progesterone concentrations of anatomically determined pregnant females versus non-pregnant female or male carcasses. The results of the study suggest that the blubber progesterone concentrations might be used to determine pregnancy status in free-ranging whales.
- Subjects
MINKE whale; WHALES; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY
- Publication
Marine Mammal Science, 2002, Vol 18, Issue 1, p112
- ISSN
0824-0469
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1748-7692.2002.tb01022.x