Semen characteristics and sperm morphology in the Arabian leopard (Panthera pardus nimr) and how these vary with age and season

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 675-682

  De Haas Van Dorsser, Florine J ^a,b   Strick, Jacqueline A ^a  

^a Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANTHERA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BREEDING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MALE; PANTHERA; SEASONS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 32444444557     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD05052     Document Type: Article

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