Blood plasma concentrations of progesterone, sperm storage and sperm viability and fertility in Gould's wattled bat (Chalinolobus gouldii)

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-177

  Hosken, D J ^a   O'Shea, J E ^a   Blackberry, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; BIRTH; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WINTER;

EID: 0030449330     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1080171     Document Type: Article

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