Urinary steroid evaluations to monitor ovarian function in exotic ungulates: II. Comparison between the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) and the Okapi (Okapia johnstoni)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 331-338

  Loskutoff, Naida M ^a   Walker, Leslie ^a   Ott‐Joslin, Janis E ^b   Raphael, Bonnie L ^c   Lasley, Bill L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

giraffe; immunoreactivity; okapi; ovarian function; ungulates; urinary steroid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995143479     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.1430050403     Document Type: Article

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