Ultrasonographic imaging of the testis and epididymis of the bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus aduncas

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 233-240

  Brook, F M ^a   Kinoshita, R ^b   Brown, B ^c   Metreweli, C ^d  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Ocean Park Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; DOLPHIN; EPIDIDYMIS; IMAGING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALIA; CORYPHAENIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0033943115     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1190233     Document Type: Article

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