Seasonal variation in testicular volume and sexual behavior of Chios and Serres rams

Theriogenology

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 275-282

  Avdi, Melpomeni ^a   Banos, Georgios ^a   Stefos, Kostantinos ^b   Chemineau, Philippe ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Serres Experimental Station   (Greece)

^c UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Breed; Ram; Season; Sexual behavior; Testis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHEEP; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHEEP; TESTIS;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 2642541909     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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