Vaccination against the avian infectious bronchitis virus affects sperm concentration, sperm quality and blood testosterone concentrations in cockerels

British Poultry Science

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 617-624

  Boltz, C R ^a   Boltz, D A ^a   Bunick, D ^a   Scherba, G ^a   Bahr, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PATHOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; STONE FORMATION; TESTIS DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CALCULI; CHICKENS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPIDIDYMIS; INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTOSTERONE; VIRAL VACCINES;

AVIAN INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS;

EID: 35448966076     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660701592375     Document Type: Article

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