The gross and micro anatomy of the accessory sex glands of the male agouti (Dasyprocta leporina)

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 204-207

  Mollineau, W M ^a,b   Adogwa, A O ^a,c   Garcia, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b Faculty of Science and Agriculture   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c Faculty of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PROSTATE; RODENT; SEMINAL VESICLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BULBOURETHRAL GLANDS; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; PROSTATE; RODENTIA; SEMINAL VESICLES;

AGOUTI; DASYPROCTA LEPORINA; EUKARYOTA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 65649126748     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: 14390264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2008.00922.x     Document Type: Article

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