The value and significance of vaginal cytology

Giant Pandas: Biology, Veterinary Medicine and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 231-244

  Durrant, Barbara S ^a   Olson, Mary Ann ^a   Anderson, Autumn ^a   Gual Sil, Fernando ^b   Li, Desheng ^c   Huang, Yan ^c  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Zoológico de Chapultepec ^*  (Mexico)

^c China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda   (China)

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EID: 85011325155     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511542244.010     Document Type: Chapter

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