Semen collection, characterization, and cryopreservation in a Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 199-214

  O'Brien, Justine K ^a,b   Oehler, David A ^a   Malowski, Stephen P ^a   Roth, Terri L ^a  

^a Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 0033447638     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2361(1999)18:3<199::aid-zoo4>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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