Use of glycoprotein assays for pregnancy diagnosis in white-tailed deer

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 388-393

  Osborn, David A ^a   Beckers, Jean Francois ^b   Sulon, Jose ^b   Gassett, Jonathan W ^a   Muller, Lisa I ^a   Murphy, Brian P ^a   Miller, Karl V ^a   Marchinton, R Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Odocoileus virginianus; pregnancy test; pregnancy associated glycoprotein; pregnancy specific protein; white tailed deer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029804437     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802240     Document Type: Article

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