Use of electroejaculation to collect semen samples from wild seals

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 209, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1615-1617

  Lawson, John W ^a   Parsons, John L ^b   Craig, Sylvia J ^c   Eddington, James D ^b   Kimmins, Warwick C ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EJACULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EJACULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; SEALS, EARLESS;

EID: 0030278725     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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