Reproductive management of silver foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in captivity

Theriogenology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1717-1728

  Boue, F ^a   Delhomme, A ^a   Chaffaux, S ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Breeding season; Fox; Reproduction; Ultrasound; Vaginal smear

Indexed keywords

AZO COMPOUND; DYE; EOSIN; METHYL GREEN;

AGE; ANESTRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CAGE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOX; HYSTERECTOMY; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MATING; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; TRICHROME STAIN; VAGINA; VAGINA SMEAR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; AZO COMPOUNDS; COLORING AGENTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; FOXES; MALE; METHYL GREEN; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0034209920     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(00)00310-1     Document Type: Article

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