The impact and potential etiology of teratospermia in the domestic cat and its wild relatives

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 112-121

  Pukazhenthi, Budhan S ^a   Neubauer, Katrin ^b   Jewgenow, Katarina ^b   Howard, JoGayle ^a   Wildt, David E ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Sperm function; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FELIDAE; FERTILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RESEARCH; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ANIMALS; CATS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FELIDAE; FERTILITY; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RESEARCH; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 33744932922     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.03.020     Document Type: Article

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