Development of the reproductive system in turkeys with a high or low susceptibility to prolapse of the oviduct

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1491-1498

  Buchanan, S ^a   Robertson, G W ^a   Hocking, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Ovary; Oviduct; Prolapse; Turkeys

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

ESTRADIOL;

ANAL CANAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; OVIDUCT; REPRODUCTION; TISSUE INJURY; TURKEY (BIRD); UTERUS; VAGINA;

ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; BREEDING; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLES; OVARY; OVIDUCTS; POULTRY DISEASES; PROLAPSE; REPRODUCTION; TURKEYS; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 0034304203     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.10.1491     Document Type: Article

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