Reproductive physiology and artificial insemination studies in wild and captive gerenuk (Litocranius walleri walleri)

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 707-714

  Penfold, Linda M ^a   Monfort, Steven L ^b   Wolfe, Barbara A ^c   Citino, Scott B ^a   Wildt, David E ^b  

^a WHITE OAK CONSERVATION CENTER   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c North Carolina Zoological Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Gerenuk; Progestagen; Progesterone; Spermatozoa; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL STRUCTURE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STILLBIRTH;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTELOPES; BREEDING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FECES; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE;

LITOCRANIUS WALLERI;

EID: 32444450299     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD05077     Document Type: Article

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