A descriptive and comparative lectin histochemical study of the vomeronasal system in pigs and sheep

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-22

  Salazar, Ignacio ^a,b   Sanchez Quinteiro, Pablo ^a   Lombardero, Matilde ^a   Cifuentes, Jose Manuel ^a  

^a University of Santiago de Compastela   (Spain)

^b Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Lugo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accessory olfaction; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

LECTIN;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SHEEP; SMELLING; SWINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LECTINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; SHEEP; SMELL; SWINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

BANDEIRAEA; BANDEIRAEA SIMPLICIFOLIA; DOLICHOS BIFLORUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA; ULEX EUROPAEUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0033979643     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878299005713     Document Type: Article

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