Seasonal hair growth in the adult domestic cat (Felis catus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-35

  Hendriks, Wouter H ^a   Tarttelin, Michael F ^a   Moughan, Paul J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

cat; day length; factorial model; feline; hair growth; requirement; seasonal; total body hair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0031024270     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00113-2     Document Type: Article

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