The Avian Thyroid Gland

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-23

  Schmidt, Robert E ^a   Reavill, Drury R ^b  

^a Zoo/Exotic Pathology Service   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; FEMALE; GOITER; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GOITER; MALE; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 37349047080     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvex.2007.09.008     Document Type: Review

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