Ultrasonographic characterization of ovarian events and fetal gestational parameters in two southern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis minor) And correlation to fecal progesterone

Theriogenology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1033-1049

  Radcliffe, R W ^a   Eyres, A I ^a   Patton, M L ^b   Czekala, N M ^b   Emslie, R H ^c  

^a Fossil Rim Wildlife Center   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c IUCN SSC African Rhino Specialist Group

Author keywords

Black rhinoceros; Diceros bicornis; Estrous cycle; Pregnancy; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ABORTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; EYE; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTION TEST; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOOF AND CLAW; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PERISSODACTYLA; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE URINE LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS; EYE; FECES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOOF AND CLAW; MALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION DETECTION; PERISSODACTYLA; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

ANIMALIA; DICEROS; DICEROS BICORNIS MINOR; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; RHINOCEROS;

EID: 0035868080     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(01)00464-2     Document Type: Article

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