Influence of season on seminal plasma testosterone and oestrogen in healthy and abnormal buffalo bulls and their relationship with other semen parameters

Veterinarski Arhiv

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 141-149

  Javed, Muhammad Tariq ^a   Khan, Ahrar ^a   Ali, Mumtaz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bubalus bubalis; Buffalo bull; Oestrogen; Season; Seminal plasma; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347649351     PISSN: 03725480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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