Sonomorphology of the reproductive tract in male and pregnant and non-pregnant female Rothschild's giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis rotschildi)

Theriogenology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-31

  Lueders, Imke ^a   Niemuller, Cheryl ^b   Pootoolal, Jason ^c   Rich, Peter ^c   Gray, Charlie ^c   Streich, Wolf Jürgen ^a   Hildebrandt, Thomas Bernd ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Kingfisher International Inc   (Canada)

^c African Lion Safari   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Giraffe; Male accessory sex glands; Ovaries; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; CORPUS LUTEUM; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENITAL SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSTATE; REPRODUCTION; SEMINAL VESICLE;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; BULBOURETHRAL GLANDS; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENITALIA; MALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PROSTATE; REPRODUCTION; SEMINAL VESICLES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; GIRAFFIDAE;

EID: 67349189482     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.01.016     Document Type: Article

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