Generating timed pregnancies in fruit bats (Carollia perspicillata)

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Rasweiler IV, John J ^a   Cretekos, Chris J ^b   Behringer, Richard R ^c  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY;

CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA;

EID: 65749109912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15596095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot5160     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Rasweiler IV, J.J. 1977. The care and management of bats as laboratory animals. In Biology of bats (ed. W.A. Wimsatt). Vol. 3, pp. 519-617. Academic Press, New York.
2. Rasweiler IV, J.J. and Badwaik, N.K. 1997. Delayed development in the short-tailed fruit bat, Carollia perspicillata. J. Reprod. Fertil. 109: 7-20.
3. Rasweiler IV, J.J. and Badwaik, N.K. 2009. Special considerations for the capture, handling and transport of Glossophaga soricina and Carollia perspicillata. In Bats in captivity (ed. S. Barnard). Vol. 2. Krieger, Melbourne, FL. (in press).
4. Rasweiler IV, J.J., Cretekos, C.J., and Behringer, R.R. 2009. The short-tailed fruit bat Carollia perspicillata: A model for studies in reproduction and development. Cold Spring Harb. Protoc. (this issue). doi: 10.1101/pdb.emo118.