Dose-dependent response to an intratesticular injection of calcium chloride for induction of chemosterilization in adult albino rats

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 651-673

  Jana, K ^a,b   Samanta, P K ^b   Ghosh, D ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b WEST BENGAL UNIVERSITY OF ANIMAL AND FISHERY SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical castration; Enzymes; Epididymis; Gonadotrophins; Histology; Rat; Spermatozoa; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALKADIENE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CORTICOSTERONE; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALONALDEHYDE; PEROXIDASE; PROLACTIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL WELLBEING; CASTRATION; CELL DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE STERILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STRESS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CHEMOSTERILANTS; CORTICOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; PEROXIDASE; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM COUNT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036904222     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020976905746     Document Type: Review

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