Tracking of the hormonally induced maturation of female eels by computed tomography

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-243

  Muller T ^a,b   Molnar T ^b   Szabo A ^b   Romvari R ^b   Hancz, Cs ^b   Bercsenyi M ^a   Horn, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Artificial maturation; Computed tomography; European eel

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY; ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; EVALUATION; HYPOPHYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SECRETION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; PITUITARY GLAND; SEXUAL MATURATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 2942624328     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.52.2004.2.12     Document Type: Article

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