Seasonal changes of andrological characteristics in British milk ram

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 265-275

  Sarlós, Peter ^a   Molnár, Aandrás ^a   Huszár, Szilvia ^a   Rátky, Jozsef ^a   Brüssow, Klaus Peter ^b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ram; Seminal characteristics; Sheep; Testis volume; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030538423     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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