Season effect on genitalia and epididymal sperm from Iberian red deer, roe deer and Cantabrian chamois

Theriogenology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1857-1875

  Martinez Pastor, Felipe ^a   Guerra, Camino ^a   Kaabi, Mohammed ^a   Garcia Macias, Vanesa ^a   De Paz, Paulino ^a   Alvarez, M ^a   Herraez, Paz ^a   Anel, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chamois; Epididymal spermatozoa; Iberian red deer; Post mortem recovery; Roe deer; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CAPUT; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA;

EID: 16844375307     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.08.006     Document Type: Article

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