Chelonian reproductive disorders

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 555-578

  Innis, Charles J ^a   Boyer, Thomas H ^a  

^a VCA Shoreline Veterinary Referral Emergency Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ARGIPRESTOCIN; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; OXYTOCIN; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYPROPYLENE; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSTOCIA; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HYPOCALCEMIA; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY INFLAMMATION; PENIS DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURITY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0036755686     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1094-9194(02)00013-0     Document Type: Review

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