Potential daily sperm production, sertoli cell number, and seminiferous tubule characteristics in beef bulls fed conventional or gossypol-enriched diets

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 519-528

  Cerelli, Justin S ^a   Johnson, Larry ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ cell degeneration; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GERM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; GOSSYPOL; MALE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0032801507     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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