Body weight as an effective tool for determination of onset of puberty in captive female Nile hippopotami (Hippopotamus amphibious)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-71

  Wheaton, Catharine J ^a,b   Joseph, Sharon ^a   Reid, Kelly ^a   Webster, Tricia ^a   Richards, Mary ^a   Savage, Anne ^a  

^a DISNEY S ANIMAL KINGDOM   (United States)

^b Disney's Animal Kingdom ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

5 reduced progesterone metabolites; Captive; Progestogens; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645378511     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20076     Document Type: Article

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