Artificial insemination in marsupials

Theriogenology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 176-189

  Rodger, John C ^a   Paris, Damien B B P ^b   Czarny, Natasha A ^a   Harris, Merrilee S ^a   Molinia, Frank C ^c   Taggart, David A ^d   Allen, Camryn D ^e   Johnston, Stephen D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d Royal Zoological Society of South Australia   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Marsupial, Assisted reproduction, Artificial insemination, Conservation, Estrous synchronization, Cryopreservation, Cross fostering, Pouch young

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MARSUPIAL; SPERM PRESERVATION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; SEMEN PRESERVATION;

MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE;

EID: 56549090148     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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