Pregnancy diagnosis in the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) by salivary hormone analysis

Zoo Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-44

  Czekala, Nancy M ^a   Callison, L ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Progestin; Reproductive physiology; Saliva

Indexed keywords

DICEROS BICORNIS; RHINOCEROS; RHINOCEROTIDAE;

EID: 0030536368     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2361(1996)15:1<37::aid-zoo4>3.0.co;2-d     Document Type: Article

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