Successful artificial insemination of an asian elephant at the national zoological park

Zoo Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-63

  Brown, Janine L ^a   Göritz, Frank ^b   Pratt Hawkes, Nancy ^c   Hermes, Robert ^b   Galloway, Marie ^d   Graham, Laura H ^a   Gray, Charlie ^e   Walker, Susan L ^a   Gomez, Andres ^a   Moreland, Rachel ^a   Murray, Suzan ^d   Schmitt, Dennis L ^f   Howard, JoGayle ^a   Lehnhardt, John ^c   Beck, Benjamin ^d   Bellem, Astrid ^a   Montali, Richard ^d   Hildebrandt, Thomas B ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^c DISNEY S ANIMAL KINGDOM   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e African Lion Safari   (Canada)

^f MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Hormones; LH; Pregnancy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 4444337960     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.10116     Document Type: Article

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