Characterization of the spermiation response, luteinizing hormone release and sperm quality in the American toad (Bufo americanus) and the endangered Wyoming toad (Bufo baxteri)

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 51-58

  Obringer, A R ^a   O'Brien, J K ^a   Saunders, R L ^a   Yamamoto, K ^a   Kikuyama, S ^a   Roth, T L ^a  

^a Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Reproduction; Testes

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EJACULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TOAD; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0034532647     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/rd00056     Document Type: Article

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