Effect of L-carnitine administration on the seminal characteristics of oligoasthenospermic stallions

Theriogenology

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 761-777

  Stradaioli, Giuseppe ^a   Sylla, Lakamy ^b   Zelli, Riccardo ^b   Chiodi, Pierino ^c   Monaci, Maurizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c Research and Development   (Italy)

Author keywords

L Carnitine; Semen; Seminal plasma; Stallion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCARNITINE; CARNITINE; CARNITINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACETYLCARNITINE; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CARNITINE; CARNITINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFERTILITY, MALE; LACTIC ACID; MALE; PYRUVIC ACID; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 3042720425     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2003.11.018     Document Type: Article

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