Morphological and functional characteristics of chilled semen obtained from domestic feline epididymides (Felis catus)

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 1641-1644

  Villaverde, A I Silva Balbin ^b   Martins, M I Mello ^a   Castro, V Basto ^b   Lopes, M D ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FMVZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cat; Epididymal spermatozoa; Feline; Semen cooling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; COLD; EPIDIDYMIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATS; COLD; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; SEMEN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 33748749097     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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