Testicular thermoregulation in Bos indicus, crossbred and Bos taurus bulls: Relationship with scrotal, testicular vascular cone and testicular morphology, and effects on semen quality and sperm production

Theriogenology

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 511-528

  Brito, Leonardo F C ^a,e   Silva, Antonio E D F ^a,b   Barbosa, Rogerio T ^c   Kastelic, John P ^d  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bull; Scrotum; Semen; Testes thermoregulation; Testicular vascular cone

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0345765478     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(03)00231-0     Document Type: Article

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