Semen quality in a Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in relation to estrus of a nearby resident female panda

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 1803-1806

  Tsutsui, T ^a   Hori, T ^a   Nakashige, T ^a   Narushima, E ^b   Hara, T ^b   Akikawa, T ^b   Nose, N ^b   Saito, K ^b   Shichiri, S ^b   Hashizaki, F ^b   Komiya, T ^b  

^a NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ueno Zoological Gardens   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breeding season; Giant Panda; Semen

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEAR; BLOOD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MALE; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; URSIDAE;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 33748577334     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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