Monthly changes in some reproductive parameters and in testosterone and thyroxine values of rams throughout one year under continental climate conditions

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 450-453

  Gundo Gan M ^a   Demirci, E ^b  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hormone; Month; Ram; Semen

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; EJACULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPRING; SUMMER; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WINTER; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLIMATE; LIBIDO; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T4; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; LIBIDO; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEMEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHEEP; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE;

EID: 1542673078     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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