Ultrasonographic monitoring of artificially stimulated ejaculation in three rhinoceros species Ceratotherium simum, Diceros bicornis, Rhinoceros unicornus

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 386-393

  Schaffer, Nan ^a   Bryant, William ^b   Agnew, Dalen ^c   Meehan, Tom ^d   Beehler, Bruce ^e  

^a Andrology Laboratory Services   (United States)

^b Sedgwick County Zoo   (United States)

^c Detroit Zoological Institute   (United States)

^d BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

^e Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratotherium simum simum; Diceros bicornis; Electroejaculation; Rhinoceros; Rhinoceros unicornis; Seminal emission; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EJACULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; EJACULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0032240640     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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