Semen quality in captive Houbara bustard, Chlamydotis undulata undulata

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 401-405

  Wishart, G J ^a   Lindsay, C ^a   Staines, H J ^a   McCormick, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Development of Wildlife   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Fertility

Indexed keywords

DNA; EOSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BIRD; BREEDING; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BIRDS; BREEDING; CELL NUCLEUS; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); MALE; PERMEABILITY; SEASONS; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA; CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA UNDULATA; OTIDIDAE;

EID: 0037001049     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD02014     Document Type: Article

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