Cryptorchidism and Delayed Testicular Descent in Florida Black Bears

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 661-664

  Dunbar, Michael R ^a,b   Cunningham, Mark W ^a   Wooding, John B ^a   Roth, Randy P ^a,c  

^a Florida Game Fresh Water Fish Community   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black bear; Cryptorchid; Reproduction; Testes; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

URSUS AMERICANUS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEAR; BODY WEIGHT; CRYPTORCHISM; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MALE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FLORIDA; INBREEDING; MALE; PREVALENCE; URSIDAE;

EID: 0030251607     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.4.661     Document Type: Article

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