Testosterone concentrations, testes weight and morphology of mule drakes (Muscovy drake X Khaki Campbell)

British Poultry Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 572-574

  Snapir, N ^a   Rulf, J ^a   Meltzer, A ^a   Gvaryahu, G ^a   Rozenboim, I ^a   Robinzon, B ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DUCK; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DUCKS; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032150369     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669888791     Document Type: Article

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