Treatment of the growing pedicle with retinoic acid increased the size of first antlers in fallow deer (Dama dama L.)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-9

  Kierdorf, Uwe ^a   Bartoš, Ludek ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antler growth; Cervidae; Fallow deer (Dama dama); First antler; Pedicle; Perichondrium; Periosteum; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; HORN; INTRAOSSEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTLERS; DEER; MALE; TRETINOIN;

EID: 0032832466     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(99)00038-9     Document Type: Article

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