Effect of dietary Vitamin E on the cloacal gland, foam and semen characteristics of male Japanese quail

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 259-263

  Biswas, A ^a   Mohan, J ^a   Sastry, K V H ^a   Tyagi, J S ^a  

^a CENTRAL AVIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cloacal gland; Fertility and Japanese quail; Foam; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; TESTOSTERONE; VITAMIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLOACA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; COTURNIX; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FERTILITY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CLOACA; COTURNIX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FERTILITY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 33845288963     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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