Sperm output and hormone concentrations in finn and dorset rams exposed to long- and short-day lighting

Theriogenology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 839-854

  El Alamy, M A ^a   Foote, R H ^a   Hare, E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorset rams; Finn rams; Hormones; Photoperiod; Sperm output

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOAT; LIBIDO; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; PROLACTIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0035883367     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(01)00612-4     Document Type: Article

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