Noninvasive monitoring of fetal growth and development in the Siberian polecat (Mustela eversmanni)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 423-431

  Wimsatt, Jeffrey ^a   Johnson, Jay D ^a   Wrigley, Robert H ^a   Biggins, Dean E ^b   Godbey, Jerry L ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b US National Biological Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Gestational age; Mustela eversmanni; Pregnancy; Radiography; Siberian polecat; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032233106     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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