Successful artificial insemination in the corn snake, Elaphe gutatta, using fresh and cooled semen

Zoo Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 363-369

  Mattson, Kelli J ^a   De Vries, Alyse ^a   McGuire, Susie M ^a   Krebs, Jessi ^a   Louis, Edward E ^a   Loskutoff, Naida M ^a,b  

^a Henry Doorly Zoo ^*  (United States)

^b OMAHA'S HENRY DOORLY ZOO AND AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Corn snake

Indexed keywords

ELAPHE; ELAPHE OBSOLETA OBSOLETA; PANTHEROPHIS GUTTATUS; RATTUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 35948974375     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20144     Document Type: Article

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