Clinical implications of rhinoceros reproductive tract anatomy and histology

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-46

  Schaffer, Nan E ^a   Foley, George L ^b,d   Gill, Sophia ^b,e   Pope, C Earl ^c  

^a SOS Rhino   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Audubon Institute for Research on Endangered Species   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Ceratotherium simum; Diceros bicornis; Histology; Reproduction; Rhinoceros unicornis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM; DICEROS BICORNIS; MAMMALIA; RHINOCEROS; RHINOCEROS UNICORNIS; RHINOCEROTIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PARITY; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PARITY; PERISSODACTYLA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMINAL VESICLES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0043133720     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0031:CIORRT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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