Chorionic villus sampling for sex determination in a Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 532-538

  Ramsay, Philippa A ^b   Boardman, Wayne ^a   MacDonald, Brian ^a   Roberts, Cynthia ^a   Fraser, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chorionic villus sampling; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Gorilla; Gorilla gorilla gorilla; Polymerase chain reaction; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CHORION VILLUS; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FATALITY; FEMALE; GORILLA; KARYOTYPING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE DISEASE; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHORIONIC VILLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; KARYOTYPING; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE DISEASES; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS);

EID: 0034570442     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2000)031[0532:CVSFSD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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