Antifertility effects of sodium selenite in the Indian rat Bandicota bengalensis

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 903-906

  Parshad, R K ^a   Kaur, N ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antifertility effects; Bandicota bengalensis; Fertility; Reproduction; Sodium selenite

Indexed keywords

SODIUM SELENITE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FERTILITY; GROWTH RATE; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM;

BANDICOTA; BANDICOTA BENGALENSIS;

EID: 0346996368     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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