The effect of melatonin implants on blood testosterone and acrosin activity in spermatozoa of the ram

Andrologia

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-114

  Kokolis, N ^c   Theodosiadou, E ^c   Tsantarliotou, M ^c   Rekkas, C ^a   Goulas, P ^b   Smokovitis, A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acrosin; Melatonin; Ram; Spermatozoa; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; MELATONIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRUS; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOON; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ACROSIN; ANIMALS; DRUG IMPLANTS; KINETICS; MALE; MELATONIN; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0034078780     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.2000.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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