Year-round testicular volume and semen quality evaluations in captive Chinchilla lanigera

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 127-134

  Busso, Juan Manuel ^a,b   Ponzio, Marina Flavia ^a,b   De Cuneo, Marta Fiol ^a,b   Ruiz, Rubén Daniel ^a,b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas Y Tecnológicas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chinchilla; Electroejaculation; Neotropical rodents; Photoperiod; Sperm functional activity; Testicular volume

Indexed keywords

HYPOTONIC SOLUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CHINCHILLA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CHINCHILLA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; CHINCHILLA LANIGERA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 27644486021     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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