Metabolic changes concerning the effect of castration on some blood constituents in male rabbits

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 113-118

  Hussein, S A ^a   Azab, M E ^a,b   Abdel Maksoud, H ^a  

^a Benha University   (Egypt)

^b Department of Physiology   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ELECTROLYTE; FATTY ACID; LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID; PLASMA PROTEIN; TRACE ELEMENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; MALE; METABOLISM; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL; ELECTROLYTES; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; LIPIDS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RABBITS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0033089128     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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