Influence of repeated treadmill exercise on quality and freezability of stallion semen

Theriogenology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1737-1749

  Janett, F ^a   Burkhardt, C ^b   Burger, D ^b   Imboden, I ^b   Hassig M ^a   Thun, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b National Stud   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Exercise; Semen; Stallion; Stress; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; LACTIC ACID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CRYOPRESERVATION; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HORSE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; EXERTION; HEART RATE; HORSES; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTIC ACID; MALE; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33646480484     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.09.017     Document Type: Article

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