Semen collection and characterization in rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-17

  Waldoch, Jennifer ^a,b   Root, Tammy ^a   Ramer, Jan ^a   Proudfoot, Jeffry ^a  

^a INDIANAPOLIS ZOO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Eudyptes chrysocome; Rockhopper penguin; Semen collection; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EJACULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PENGUIN; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; SEASONS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SPHENISCIDAE;

AVES; EUDYPTES CHRYSOCOME; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 34047118145     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/05-107.1     Document Type: Article

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