Testosterone secretion, testicular histology and the cryopreservation of cauda epididymidal spermatozoa in the common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-401

  Phillips, D J ^a,b   McKinnon, A ^b   Keeley, T ^c   Johnston, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c Western Plains Zoo   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; DNA; GLYCEROL; GONADORELIN AGONIST;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPIDIDYMIS; FREEZING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOCHEIRUS PEREGRINUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; RINGTAIL POSSUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOZOON; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; THAWING;

ANIMALS; BUSERELIN; CRYOPRESERVATION; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; PHALANGERIDAE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

BASSARISCUS ASTUTUS; METATHERIA; PSEUDOCHEIRUS PEREGRINUS;

EID: 40549088887     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD07206     Document Type: Article

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