Fertility parameters in male Irish wolfhounds: A two-year follow-up study

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 547-550

  Dahlbom, M ^a   Andersson, M ^a   Juga, J ^a   Alanko, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; LIBIDO; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; TESTIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BREEDING; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FERTILITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; INFERTILITY, MALE; LIBIDO; MALE; SEMEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTIS;

EID: 0031301639     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1997.tb03315.x     Document Type: Article

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