Morphometric studies on the testis of Korean ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus karpowi) during the breeding and non-breeding seasons

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 629-643

  Tae, H J ^a   Jang, B G ^a   Ahn, D C ^b   Choi, E Y ^a   Kang, H S ^a   Kim, N S ^a   Lee, J H ^a   Park, S Y ^a   Yang, H H ^a   Kim, I S ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korean ring necked pheasants; Morphometry; Testis interstitium

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BREEDING; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOWL; INTERSTITIUM; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MESENCHYME; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS KARPOWI; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ANIMALS; GALLIFORMES; KOREA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MYOIDA; PHASIANIDAE; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS;

EID: 25144510959     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-005-3080-8     Document Type: Article

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