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Title:		Asian bull elephants: Flehmen-like responses to extractable components in female elephant estrous urine
Author(s):		Rasmussen LE; Schmidt MJ; Henneous R; Groves D; Daves GD;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1982
Volume:		217
Issue:		4555
Page Number:		159 - 162
DOI:		10.1126/science.7089549
ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		Flehmen-like responses (urine tests) are one of the characteristic behavioral reactions of male Asian elephants (Elephants maximus) to cow elephants in estrus. Components of the urine of estrous cow elephants were extracted with organic solvents and partially purified by chromatography and shown to evoke Flehmen-like responses when they were presented to adult bulls
Keywords:		"Animals Elephants/anatomy & histology/*physiology Estrus Detection Female Male Pheromones/*urine Sex Attractants/isolation & purification/*urine *Sexual Behavior, Animal;"
Notes:		"MedlineRasmussen, L E Schmidt, M J Henneous, R Groves, D Daves, G D Jr eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 1982/07/09 Science. 1982 Jul 9; 217(4555):159-62. doi: 10.1126/science.7089549"