Physical, behavioral, endocrinologic, and cytogenetic evaluation of two Standardbred racehorses competing as mares with an intersex condition and high postrace serum testosterone concentrations

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 238, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 751-754

  Knobbe, Marc G ^a,b   Maenhoudt, Cindy ^a,c   Turner, Regina M ^a   McDonnell, Sue M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Centre d'études en reproduction des Carnivores ^*  (United States)

^c ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GENETICS; HORSE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SPORT;

46, XY DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HORSES; KARYOTYPING; MALE; SPORTS; TESTOSTERONE;

CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE; HARNESS;

EID: 79953722841     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.238.6.751     Document Type: Article

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