Effect of ejaculation frequency and season on donkey jack semen

Theriogenology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 627-638

  Gastal, M O ^a,b   Henry, M ^a   Beker, A R ^a   Gastal, E L ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Donkey jack; Season; Semen

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONKEY; EJACULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PH; SEASON; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031062331     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00021-6     Document Type: Article

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