Effects of season and dietary ascorbic acid on some biochemical characteristics of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) semen

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Ciereszko, Andrzej ^a,b   Liu, Li ^a   Dabrowski, Konrad ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aspartate aminotransferase; Fish; Proteinase inhibitors; Seminal plasma; Spermatozoa; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002260003     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01874832     Document Type: Article

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