Spermatic granuloma in the ram: Diagnosis by ultrasonography and semen characteristics

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 402-406

  Karaca, Fikret ^a   Aksoy, Melih ^a   Kaya, Abdullah ^a   Ataman, Mehmet B ^a   Tekeli, Tevfik ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ram; Semen characteristics; Sperm granuloma; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CAPUT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDIDYMIS; GRANULOMA; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SPERM; SPERMATOCELE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS DISEASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; EPIDIDYMIS; GRANULOMA; MALE; SEMEN; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOCELE; SPERMATOZOA; TESTICULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0033163533     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.1999.tb02132.x     Document Type: Article

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