Assisted reproduction in female rhinoceros and elephants - Current status and future perspective

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 33-44

  Hermes, R ^a   Goritz F ^a   Streich, W J ^a   Hildebrandt, T B ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BREEDING; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; PERISSODACTYLA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM; DICERORHINUS SUMATRENSIS; DICEROS BICORNIS; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; RHINOCEROS; RHINOCEROS SONDAICUS; RHINOCEROS UNICORNIS; RHINOCEROTIDAE;

EID: 34547696783     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2007.00924.x     Document Type: Review

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