Luteinized ovarian cysts in Mediterranean striped dolphins

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 656-660

  Munson, Linda ^a   Calzada, Nuria ^b   Kennedy, Seamus ^c   Sorensen, Thomas B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Luteinized cyst; Mediterranean striped dolphin; Morbillivirus; Ovary; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Stenella coeruleoalba

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OVARY CYST; PATHOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTIONS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; OVARIAN CYSTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 0032112468     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.3.656     Document Type: Article

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