Effect of supplementation with agro-industrial by-products and khat (Catha edulis) leftovers on testicular growth and sperm production in ogaden bucks

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 147-155

  Mekasha, Y ^a,b   Tegegne, A ^a,c   Rodriguez Martinez, H ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATHA EDULIS; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ETHIOPIA; GOAT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATHA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ETHIOPIA; GOATS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

CAPRA HIRCUS; CATHA EDULIS;

EID: 33947417011     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: 14390442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2007.00876.x     Document Type: Article

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