Seasonal testicular changes and assessment of sexual maturity in feral male raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Hokkaido.

• Abstract details

• Author(s)
• Okuyama, M.

• Author Affiliation
• Laboratory of Wildlife Biology, Department of Environmental Veterinary Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan.

• Journal article
• Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research
• 2010 58 1 74

• ISSN
• 0047-1917

• Publisher information
• Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University Sapporo Japan

• Language of Text
• English

• Language of Summary

• URL
• http://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/bull...

• Geographical Location
• Hokkaido, Japan

• Organism descriptor(s)
• Procyon lotor

• Descriptor(s)
• animal anatomy
• autumn
• body parts
• cauda epididymidis
• feral animals
• histology
• introduced species
• invasive species
• male fertility
• morphology
• penis
• seasonal variation
• seminiferous tubules
• sexual maturity
• spermatogenesis
• spermatogonia
• spermatozoa
• spring
• summer
• testes
• testosterone

• Identifier
• exotic organisms
• exotic species
• fall
• introduced organisms
• invasive organisms
• invasives
• non-indigenous organisms
• non-indigenous species
• non-native organisms
• non-native species
• nonindigenous organisms
• nonindigenous species
• raccoons
• body components
• seasonal changes
• seasonal fluctuations
• sperm
• testicles

• Broad terms
• Procyon
• Procyonidae
• Fissipeda
• carnivores
• mammals
• vertebrates
• Chordata
• animals
• eukaryotes
• Japan
• APEC countries
• East Asia
• Asia
• high income countries
• OECD Countries
• very high Human Development Index countries

• Record Number
• 20103207002