Annual variation in semen characteristics of pigeons (Columba livia)

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1050-1056

  Cheng, F P ^a   Guo, T J ^a   Wu, J T ^a   Lin, T E ^a   Ursem, P J F ^b   Colenbrander, B ^b   Fung, H P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pigeon; Season; Semen characteristic; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EJACULATION; MALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; SEASON; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; EJACULATION; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036637165     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.7.1050     Document Type: Article

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