Reproductive assessment of male elephants (Loxodonta africana and Elephas maximus) by ultrasonography

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 114-128

  Hildebrandt, Thomas B ^a   Göritz, Frank ^a   Pratt, Nancy C ^b   Schmitt, Dennis L ^c   Quandt, Sybille ^d   Raath, Jacobus ^e   Hofmann, Reinhold R ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Dickerson Park Zoo ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Elephas maximus; Loxodonta africana; Male elephants; Reproduction; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; ECHOGRAPHY; ELEPHANT; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTATE; REPRODUCTION; SEMINAL VESICLE; TESTIS; URETHRA; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; BULBOURETHRAL GLANDS; ELEPHANTS; EPIDIDYMIS; KIDNEY; MALE; PROSTATE; REPRODUCTION; SEMINAL VESICLES; TESTIS; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0032086043     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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