Changes of fructose concentrations in seminal plasma and glucose and testosterone concentrations in blood plasma in rams over the course of a year

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 805-810

  Matsuoka, Taiki ^a   Imai, Hiroko ^a   Asakuma, Sadaki ^a   Kohno, Hirohide ^b   Fukui, Yutaka ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL LIVESTOCK BREEDING CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fructose; Glucose; Ram semen; Seminal plasma; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; SEASON; SHEEP; SPERM;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FRUCTOSE; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SEASONS; SEMEN; SHEEP; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33846420196     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.18039     Document Type: Article

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