In this paper, higher dimensional periodic systems with delay of the form
x'(t) = A(t,x(t))x(t) + f(t,x(t-tau)), x'(t) = grad G(x(t)) + f(t,x(t-tau))
are considered. Using the coincidence degree method, some sufficient condit
ions to guarantee the existence of periodic solution for these systems are
obtained. As an application of the results, the existence of a positive per
iodic solution for a logarithmic population model is proved.