Lipid and Antioxidant Composition of Chicken Semen and its Susceptibility to Peroxidation

Avian and Poultry Biology Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-23

  Surai, Peter F ^a,b   Cerolini, Silvia ^c   Wishart, Graham J ^d   Speake, Brian K ^b   Noble, Ray C ^b   Sparks, Nick H C ^b  

^a Department of Physiology   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Chicken; Glutathione peroxidase; Lipid peroxidation; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Spermatozoa; Superoxide dismutase; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742581538     PISSN: 14702061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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