Caliper and ultrasonographic measurements of bovine testicles and a mathematical formula for determining testicular volume and weight in vivo

Theriogenology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 581-594

  Bailey, T L ^a   Hudson, R S ^b   Powe, T A ^b   Riddell, M G ^b   Wolfe, D F ^b   Carson, R L ^b  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine; Testicle; Volume; Weight

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; NONHUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TESTIS; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; CATTLE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0032007125     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00009-0     Document Type: Article

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