Foetal age determination and development in elephants

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1608, 2007, Pages 323-331

  Hildebrandt, Thomas ^a   Drews, Barbara ^a   Gaeth, Ann P ^b   Goeritz, Frank ^a   Hermes, Robert ^a   Schmitt, Dennis ^c   Gray, Charlie ^d   Rich, Peter ^d   Streich, Wolf Juergen ^a   Short, Roger V ^b   Renfree, Marilyn B ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d African Lion Safari   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foetal development; Foetal growth; Gestation; Proboscidea; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; ELEPHANT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; MATING BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY;

ACCURACY; AGE DETERMINATION; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; ELEPHANT; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HEART BEAT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATING; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRUNK; YOLK SAC; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; MAMMALIA; PROBOSCIDEA (MAMMAL);

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND, HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED, TRANSRECTAL;

EID: 39049188213     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3738     Document Type: Article

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