Ultrasonography of spontaneous lesions of the genital system of three rams, and their influence on semen quality

Veterinary Record

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 10-15

  Ahmad, N ^a,b   England, G C W ^a   Noakes, D E ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; GRANULOMA; HERNIA; LIBIDO; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SCROTUM; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SPERM; VASECTOMY;

ANIMALS; GRANULOMA; HERNIA; LIBIDO; MALE; SCROTUM; SEMEN; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0033628163     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.146.1.10     Document Type: Article

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