Horn quality and postmortem sperm parameters in Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica hispanica)

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 354-362

  Santiago Moreno, Julian ^a   Toledano Díaz, Adolfo ^a   Pulido Pastor, Antonio ^b   Gómez Brunet, Amelia ^a   López Sebastián, Antonio ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b Junta de Andalucía ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Epididymal spermatozoa; Horn; Postmortem recovery; Spanish ibex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; GOAT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; GOATS; HORNS; MALE; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CAPRA PYRENAICA; UNGULATA;

EID: 34047171890     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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