Sperm Morphology in Stallions: Ultrastructure as a Functional and Diagnostic Tool

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 683-692

  Veeramachaneni, D N Rao ^a   Moeller, Carol L ^a   Sawyer, Heywood R ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; CHROMATIN; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; FERTILITY; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; TISSUE FIXATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; FERTILITY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA; SEMEN; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERM AGGLUTINATION; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 33751226253     PISSN: 07490739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cveq.2006.08.001     Document Type: Review

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