Comparison of male reproductive parameters in three rat strains: Dark Agouti, Sprague-Dawley and Wistar

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 70-75

  Wilkinson, J M ^a,b   Halley, S ^a   Towers, P A ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

DA; Male; Rats; Reproduction; Sprague Dawley; Wistar

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REPRODUCTION; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033971886     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367700780577975     Document Type: Article

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