Characterization of the testicular semen of the African catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822), and its short-term storage

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 232-244

  Mansour, N ^a   Lahnsteiner, F ^a   Berger, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b Inst F Biol Landwirtsch B   (Austria)

Author keywords

African catfish; Clarias gariepinus; Semen; Short term storage

Indexed keywords

FISH CULTURE; SPERM;

BOVINAE; CATFISH; CLARIAS; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 1242276714     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2004.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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