Morphology and motility of spermatozoa from different regions of the epididymal duct in the domestic cat

Theriogenology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 767-778

  Axner E ^a   Linde Forsberg, C ^a   Einarsson, S ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Domestic cat; Epididymis; Sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CATS; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; SPERM HEAD; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0033213542     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00170-3     Document Type: Article

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