Structural and immunohistochemical features of the epididymal duct unit of the ostrich (Struthio camelus)

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 296-302

  Aire, T A ^a,b   Ozegbe, P C ^a   Soley, J T ^a   Madekurozwa, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOLOGY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OSTRICH; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPIDS; MALE; ORGANELLES; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

AVES; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 47549093559     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: 14390264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2008.00844.x     Document Type: Article

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