A case of pseudo-pregnancy in captive brown howler monkeys (Alouatta guariba)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 335-338

  Guedes, Danusa ^a   Young, Robert John ^b,c  

^a Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas e da Saude Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alouatta guariba; Brown howler monkey; Captivity; Pseudo pregnancy; Pseudocyesis

Indexed keywords

ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; TIME; ZOO ANIMAL;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAZIL; FEMALE; OBSERVATION; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA FUSCA; ALOUATTA GUARIBA;

EID: 5644279091     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080211     Document Type: Article

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