Sperm maturation in the domestic cat

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-24

  Axnér, Eva ^a  

^a Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caput; Corpus; Epididymis; Feline; Sperm maturation; Tail

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE LIPID;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CAT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTRACEPTION; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; CATS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN; CONTRACEPTION; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM TAIL; SPERM TRANSPORT; SPERMATOZOA;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 33744900857     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.03.022     Document Type: Article

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