The relationship of species development, semen physiology and post mortem evaluations to reproduction in the American pen-raised chinchilla.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lawson, Rommon Loy
Other Authors: Crookshank, H. R. (degree committee member.), Krise, George M. (degree committee member.), Riggs, John K. (degree committee member.)
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: [College Station, Tex.], 1969.
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Description
Abstract:A literature review tracing the evolvement of the American pen-raised chinchilla was conducted; it indicated that there have never been three distinct species of chinchillas in the United States, brevicaudata, lanigera and costina, as the chinchilla breeders have indicated. The chinchillas of Chile; costina or lanigera, evolved over the y ears due to environment and appeared to be a crossing of the species according to phenotypic description in the literature. ...
Physical Description:98 leaves illustrations