Morphology of spermatozoa in the cauda epididymidis before and after electroejaculation and a comparison with ejaculated spermatozoa in the domestic cat

Theriogenology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 973-979

  Axner E ^a   Strom Holst B ^a   Linde Forsberg, C ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cauda epididymidis; Domestic cat; Sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

MEDETOMIDINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; EJACULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATS; EJACULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0032532425     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00200-3     Document Type: Article

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