Vaginal cytology and vulvar swelling as indicators of impending estrus and ovulation in the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 313-321

  Durrant, Barbara S ^a   Olson, Mary Ann ^a   Amodeo, Dianne ^a   Andersen, Autumn ^a   Russ, Kara D ^a   Campos Morales, Rogelio ^b   Gual Sill, Fernando ^b   Garza, Juan Ramos ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Chapultepec Park Zoo   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Estrous cycle; Papanicolaou; Superficial cells; Vaginal smears

Indexed keywords

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; MELANOLEUCA; PANDA;

EID: 0041375648     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.10110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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