Morphological, histological and histochemical studies of the gonads of ovine freemartins

Veterinary Record

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 164-169

  Smith, K C ^a   Parkinson, T J ^a,c   Pearson, G R ^a   Sylvester, L ^b   Long, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; GONAD; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MESONEPHROS; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; SHEEP; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS; VESICULAR GLAND;

ANIMALIA; CHIMAERIFORMES; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037425893     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.152.6.164     Document Type: Article

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