Reproductive soundness of captive southern and northern white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum simum, C.s. cottoni): Evaluation of male genital tract morphology and semen quality before and after cryopreservation

Theriogenology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 219-238

  Hermes, Robert ^a   Hildebrandt, Thomas Bernd ^a   Blottner, Steffen ^a   Walzer, Christian ^b   Silinski, Sandra ^b   Patton, Marilyn L ^c   Wibbelt, Gudrun ^a   Schwarzenberger, Franz ^d   Göritz, Frank ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Zoo Salzburg   (Austria)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Ejaculate; Genital ultrasound; Reproduction; White rhinoceros

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COLD; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; COLD; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; PERISSODACTYLA; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CERATOTHERIUM; CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM; CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM SIMUM; RHINOCEROS; RHINOCEROTIDAE;

EID: 10344265985     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.04.007     Document Type: Article

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