Bilateral Leydig cell tumor in a six-year-old intersex goat affected by polled intersex syndrome

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-45

  Monteagudo, L V ^a,b   Arruga, M V ^a   Bonafonte, J I ^a   Ordas M ^a   Whyte, A ^a   Gallego, M ^a   Bascuas, J A ^a   Sierra, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Goats; Leydig cell tumor; Male pseudohermaphrodite; Polled intersex syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HERMAPHRODITISM; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HERMAPHRODITISM; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; WOLFFIA;

EID: 38349163686     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.45-1-42     Document Type: Article

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