Penile vibratory stimulation in the marmoset monkey: A practical alternative to electro-ejaculation, yielding ejaculates of enhanced quality

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 98-104

  Schneiders, A ^a   Sonksen, J ^b   Hodges, J Keith ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Common marmoset; Computer assisted sperm analysis; Electro ejaculation; Penile vibratory stimulation; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL KINETICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MARMOSET; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; VIBRATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; EJACULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; PENIS; SEMEN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERMATOZOA; VIBRATION;

CALLITHRIX; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; MARMOSETS; SAIMIRI; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 1842481501     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2004.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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