Alkaline phosphatase in stallion semen: Characterization and clinical applications

Theriogenology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Turner, R M O ^a   McDonnell, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Azoospermia; Ejaculate; Oligospermia; Stallion

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EJACULATION; EJACULATORY DUCT; ENZYMOLOGY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; OLIGOSPERMIA; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; EJACULATION; EJACULATORY DUCTS; GENITALIA, MALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT;

EID: 0037800417     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)00956-1     Document Type: Article

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