Testicular measurements and daily sperm output of Tori and Estonian breed stallions

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 167-169

  Kavak, A ^a,b   Lundeheim, N ^b   Aidnik, M ^a   Einarsson, S ^b  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; EJACULATION; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; EJACULATION; HORSES; MALE; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0038624446     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0531.2003.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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