Testicular parameters and sperm morphology of chinchilla rabbit fed with different planes of soymeal

International Journal of Morphology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 139-144

  Oyeyemi, Matthew Olugbenga ^a   Okediran, Babatunde Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Chinchilla rabbit; Morphology; Soymeal; Spermatozoa; Testicular parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447569216     PISSN: 07179367     EISSN: 07179502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-95022007000100021     Document Type: Article

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