Potential factors affecting semen quality in the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Thongtip, Nikorn ^a   Saikhun, Jumnian ^b   Mahasawangkul, Sittidet ^c   Kornkaewrat, Kornchai ^a   Pongsopavijitr, Pornsawan ^d   Songsasen, Nucharin ^e   Pinyopummin, Anuchai ^a  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c FOREST INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION   (Thailand)

^d CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE; ZINC; PROTEIN; THYROID HORMONE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WINTER; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEASON; SPERM;

ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ELEPHANTS; MALE; PROTEINS; QUALITY CONTROL; SEASONS; SEMEN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONES; ZINC;

EID: 41549087840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-6-9     Document Type: Article

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