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      Reproductive events of wild cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) in Colombia

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          Reproductive patterns of wild cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) females located in La Reserva Forestal Protectora Serranía de Coraza-Montes de María in Colosó, Colombia, were examined using long-term behavioral observations and fecal steroid analysis. Using an enzyme immunoassay, we analyzed fecal samples for E1C and PdG. Comparisons of reproductive cycles of a reproductively active female and her daughters were made. An inhibition of ovarian cycles has been observed in daughters living in their families. However, daughters also exhibited normal ovarian cycling that subsequently resulted in pregnancy. Factors influencing the fertility are discussed as they relate to the reproductive strategies of wild cotton-top tamarin females.

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          Excretion rates and metabolites of oestradiol and progesterone in baboon (Papio cynocephalus cynocephalus) faeces.

          Two unanaesthetized female yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus cynocephalus) were infused (i.v.) with [3H]oestradiol and two with [3H]progesterone, early in the follicular phases of their cycles. One month later, the two females infused with [3H]oestradiol were simultaneously infused with [14C]progesterone and [3H]dehydroepiandrosterone. All urine and faeces were collected for 96 h after infusion. The proportion of steroid excreted in faeces (versus urine) was 10.0% for oestradiol and 40% for progesterone. Peak excretion in urine occurred 4.5 h after infusion. Peak excretion in faeces occurred an average of 36.4 h after infusion, with remarkable consistency between steroids. Eighty per cent of faecal oestradiol and progesterone metabolites were excreted as free (rather than conjugated) steroids. Simply boiling (20 min) the dried faecal sample in 90% ethanol proved to be the most rapid and efficient means of extracting these steroid metabolites. High pressure liquid chromatography and immunoreactivity studies revealed that oestradiol was excreted in faeces as oestradiol (36%), oestrone (44%) and a conjugated metabolite that co-eluted with oestrone sulfate (20%). Progesterone was excreted as eight different free forms, only a minor portion of which was progesterone, and what appeared to be a conjugated metabolite that co-eluted with pregnanediol-glucuronide (20%). The free progesterone metabolites were identified by gas-chromatography-mass-spectrometry as epimers of 5-pregnane-3-diol and 5-pregnane-3-ol-one. These data suggest that currently available immunoassays for free oestradiol and oestrone should adequately characterize faecal oestrogen profiles in baboons. However, high variability in crossreactivities of various progesterone antisera to progesterone metabolites in baboons makes antiserum selection a more serious concern in attempts to quantify faecal progestogen dynamics.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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            Effects of sibling-rearing experience on future reproductive success in two species of callitrichidae

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              Simple extraction and enzyme immunoassays for estrogen and progesterone metabolites in the feces of Macaca fascicularis during non-conceptive and conceptive ovarian cycles.

              A simple method for extracting ovarian steroids from feces is presented, together with enzyme immunoassay systems for measuring estrogen and progesterone metabolites. Small amounts of feces were combined in a 1:10 proportion with a modified phosphate buffer, shaken for 24 h, centrifuged, and decanted; the supernatant was directly measured for estrogen and progesterone metabolites by enzyme immunoassays. Serum estradiol and progesterone profiles were compared to urinary and fecal profiles in the same animals to determine the degree to which each reflected the ovarian events detectable in serum. The correlation coefficients for the relationship between serum, urinary, and fecal hormones for individual animal cycles were found to be statistically significant in every case but one, where the relationship between serum estradiol and urinary estrone conjugates was not significant. Urinary and fecal measurements were used to determine whether estrogen and progesterone metabolism and excretion varied within and between animals. Variation in unconjugated estrogen and progesterone metabolites was observed in the follicular phase, the luteal phase, and early pregnancy.
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                Journal
                American Journal of Primatology
                Am. J. Primatol.
                Wiley-Blackwell
                02752565
                10982345
                1997
                1997
                : 43
                : 4
                : 329-337
                Article
                10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1997)43:4<329::AID-AJP4>3.0.CO;2-Z
                9403097
                3b912cd4-de1f-4299-8109-09d700acb8ef
                © 1997

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