Reproductive traits of male rabbits as affected by climatic conditions, in the subtropical environment of Egypt

Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 451-458

  Marai, I F M ^a   Habeeb, A A M ^b   Gad, A E ^b  

^a Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^b NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Heat stress; Metabolites; Rabbits; Semen production; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346955669     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800054394     Document Type: Article

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