The effects of dietary supplementation with docosahexaenoic acid on the phospholipid fatty acid composition of avian spermatozoa

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-69

  Kelso, Karen A ^a   Cerolini, Silvia ^b   Noble, Raymond C ^a   Sparks, Nick H C ^a   Speake, Brian K ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Chicken; Docosahexaenoic acid; Docosatetraenoic acid; Fatty acid; Fertility; Phospholipid; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT INTAKE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 0030840123     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00024-2     Document Type: Article

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