Effects of Brucella ovis infection on semen characteristics of 16-month-old red deer stags

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-22

  Ridler, A L ^a   West, D M ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brucella ovis; Deer; Reproduction; Semen; Sperm; Stags

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; BRUCELLA OVIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMITIS; FERTILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PALPATION; REPRODUCTION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR OVIS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; OVIS;

EID: 0036345014     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2002.36244     Document Type: Article

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