Ejaculate traits in the Namibian cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus): Influence of age, season and captivity

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 370-382

  Crosier, Adrienne E ^a,b   Marker, Laurie ^b   Howard, JoGayle ^a   Pukazhenthi, Budhan S ^a   Henghali, Josephine N ^b   Wildt, David E ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Africa; Carnivore; Felid; Seasonality; Semen; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEETAH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACINONYX; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; EJACULATION; MALE; SEASONS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; ANIMALIA; FELIDAE;

EID: 33846617690     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD06057     Document Type: Article

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