Testicular atrophy in a mule deer population

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 420-429

  Tiller, Brett L ^a   Dagle, Gerald E ^b   Cadwell, Larry L ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Antler deformity; Contaminants; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Testicular atrophy

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEER; HORN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PATHOLOGY; TESTIS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTLERS; ATROPHY; DEER; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; TESTIS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0031174134     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.3.420     Document Type: Article

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