Seasonal variations in semen characteristics, semen cryopreservation, estrus synchronization, and successful artificial insemination in the spotted deer (Axis axis)

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1371-1378

  Umapathy, Govindhaswamy ^a   Sontakke, Sadanand D ^a   Reddy, Anuradha ^a   Shivaji, S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antler cycle; Artificial insemination; Estrus synchronization; Semen; Spotted deer

Indexed keywords

NORGESTOMET; PREGNANE DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEASON; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTLERS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEER; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNENEDIONES; SEASONS; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS AXIS;

EID: 34247110853     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.01.019     Document Type: Article

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