Hormone monitoring: An important tool for the breeding management of wildlife species

Wiener Tierarztliche Monatsschrift

Volumn 100, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 209-225

  Schwarzenberger, F ^a   Brown, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Gabon Biodiversity Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive management; Elephant; Felids; Reproductive endocrinology; Rhinoceros; Ursids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886656390     PISSN: 0043535X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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