Evaluation of noninvasive methods of predicting testicular weight and development in an inbred and outbred strain of laboratory mouse

Theriogenology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 566-573

  Spears, Jonathan ^a   Matthews, Andrea ^a   Hartwig, Sunny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mouse; Scrotal width; Scrotum; Testicular development; Testicular ultrasonography; Testicular weight

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; ORGAN SIZE; SCROTUM; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BIOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORGAN SIZE; SCROTUM; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84872172840     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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