Collection, seminal characteristics and chilled storage of spermatozoa from three species of free-range flying fox (Pteropus spp.)

Theriogenology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1072-1089

  De Jong, C E ^a   Jonsson, N ^a   Field, H ^b   Smith, C ^b   Crichton, E G ^a   Phillips, N ^a   Johnston, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electroejaculation; Flying fox; Pteropus; Semen; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAT; BREEDING; COLD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EJACULATION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PENIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TRANSPLANTATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; URETHRA;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BREEDING; CHIROPTERA; COLD; EJACULATION; GLYCEROL; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENIS; SEASONS; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; URETHRA;

PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS; PTEROPUS ALECTO; PTEROPUS POLIOCEPHALUS; PTEROPUS SCAPULATUS;

EID: 23944461512     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.02.016     Document Type: Article

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