Determination of oestrous cycle of the rats by direct examination: How reliable?

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-77

  Yener, T ^a   Turkkani Tunc, A ^a   Aslan, H ^a   Aytan, H ^a   Caliskan, A Cantug ^a  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; STAINING; VAGINA SMEAR; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ESTRUS; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAINING AND LABELING; VAGINAL SMEARS;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33846705294     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: 14390264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2006.00743.x     Document Type: Article

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