A training program for noninvasive semen collection in captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-151

  Brown, Corrine S ^a   Loskutoff, Naida M ^a  

^a OMAHA'S HENRY DOORLY ZOO AND AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Great apes; In vitro fertilization; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA;

EID: 0032365781     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1998)17:2<143::AID-ZOO9>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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