Ultrasound Imaging of the Bull Reproductive Tract: An Important Field of Expertise for Veterinarians

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 767-779

  Gnemmi, Giovanni ^a   Lefebvre, Réjean C ^b  

^a Bovinevet Studio Veterinario Associato   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bull genital tract examination; Testicle; Ultrasound evaluation; Vesiculitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PENIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTATE; REVIEW; SCROTUM; SEMINAL VESICLE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; PENIS; PROSTATE; SCROTUM; SEMINAL VESICLES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BOVINAE;

EID: 72049131856     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2009.07.006     Document Type: Review

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