Histology of the pouch epithelium and the mammary glands during chemically induced oestrus in the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-102

  Old, Julie M ^a   Irving, M ^b   Deane, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brushtail possum; Epithelium; FSH; LH; Mammary gland; Marsupial; Oestrus; PMSG; Pouch

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; ESTRUS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNITY; LACTATION; MAMMAL; MAMMARY GLAND; MARSUPIAL; MILK PRODUCTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIUM; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; OVARIECTOMY; TRICHOSURUS;

ANIMALIA; EUTHERIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 22644444032     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2005.00424.x     Document Type: Article

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