A comparison of the effects of slow release, injectable levonorgestrel and depot medroxyprogesterone acetate on egg production in Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-31

  Tell, Lisa ^a   Shukla, Atul ^b   Munson, Linda ^a   Thosar, Shilpa ^b,c   Kass, Philip ^a   Stanton, Rebecca ^a   Needham, Martha ^a   Lasley, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraception; Coturnix coturnix japonica; Japanese quail; Levonorgestrel; Medroxyprogesterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002635078     PISSN: 10826742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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