Effect of age and genetic group on characteristics of the scrotum, testes and testicular vascular cones, and on sperm production and semen quality in AI bulls in Brazil

Theriogenology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1175-1186

  Brito, L F C ^a,g   Silva, A E D F ^b   Rodrigues, L H ^c   Vieira, F V ^d   Deragon, L A G ^e   Kastelic, J P ^f  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c HG   (Netherlands)

^d Pecplan/ABS   (Brazil)

^e Nova India Genetica   (Brazil)

^f AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breeding soundness; Bull; Semen; Sperm; Testes

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BREEDING; EJACULATION; HEREDITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SCROTUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTIS SIZE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAZIL; BREEDING; CATTLE; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENOTYPE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; SCROTUM; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0036778471     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)00921-4     Document Type: Article

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