Melengestrol acetate implant contraception in addax (Addax Nasomaculatus) and arabian oryx (Oryx Leucoryx)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 299-310

  Hall Woods, Monica L ^a   Bauman, Karen L ^a   Bauman, Joan E ^a   Fischer, Martha ^a   Houston, E William ^a   Asa, Cheryl S ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antelope; Captive; Fecal estrogen; Fecal progestin; Fertility control

Indexed keywords

ADDAX; ADDAX NASOMACULATUS; ORYX; ORYX LEUCORYX;

EID: 34748821885     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20146     Document Type: Article

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