Combined serial ultrasonography and fecal progestin analysis for reproductive evaluation of the female white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum): Preliminary results

Zoo Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 445-456

  Radcliffe, Robin W ^a   Czekala, Nancy M ^b   Osofsky, Steven A ^a  

^a Fossil Rim Wildlife Center   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERATOTHERIUM; CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM SIMUM; PYRUS COMMUNIS; RHINOCEROS;

EID: 0031534551     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1997)16:5<445::AID-ZOO7>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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