Sperm morphological abnormalities appearing in the male rabbit reproductive tract

Theriogenology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 893-901

  Perez Sanchez F ^a   Tablado, L ^b   Soler, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epididymis; Maturation; Morphological abnormalities; Rabbit; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; EPIDIDYMIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RABBIT; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION;

EID: 0344043300     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00044-7     Document Type: Article

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