Plasma Testosterone Profiles, Semen Characteristics, and Artificial Insemination in Yearling and Adult Captive Mallard Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos)

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 882-887

  Stunden, C E ^a   Bluhm, C K ^b   Cheng, K M ^a   Rajamahendran, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Delta Waterfowl Wetlands Res Stn   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Mallard; Semen; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; DUCK; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; DUCKS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; OVIPOSITION; SEASONS; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032092429     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.6.882     Document Type: Article

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