Artificial insemination, hybridization and pregnancy detection in sika deer (Cervus nippon)

Theriogenology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 779-789

  Willard, S T ^a   Hughes Jr , D M ^b   Bringans, M ^g   Sasser, R G ^c   White, D R ^c   Jaques, J T ^d   Godfrey, R W ^e   Welsh Jr , T H ^f   Randel, R D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Game Ranching Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Hybridization; Pregnancy detection; Sika deer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BREEDING; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; DEER; ESTRONE SULFATE; HYBRIDIZATION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND;

ESTRONE SULFATE; GONADOTROPIN; NORGESTOMET; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL HYBRIDIZATION; DEER; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY TEST; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS NIPPON;

EID: 0030252560     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(96)00236-1     Document Type: Article

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