Effects of prepubertal gonadectomy on physical and behavioral development in cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 209, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1864-1871

  Stubbs, W Preston ^a,b   Bloomberg, Mark S ^a   Scruggs, Sherry L ^a   Shille, Victor M ^a   Lane, Thomas J ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREPUBERTY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CATS; FEMALE; HYSTERECTOMY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 16144365392     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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