Effects of exogenous melatonin treatment on out-of-season ram fertility

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-206

  Palacín, Inmaculada ^a   Abecia, José Alfonso ^a,d   Forcada, Fernando ^a   Casao, Adriana ^a   Cebrián, José Álvaro ^a   Muiño, Teresa ^a   Palacios, Carlos ^b   Pontes, Juan Miguel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Servicios Veterinarios Zamora   (Spain)

^c Departamento de Producción Animal Y Ciencia de Los Alimentos ^*

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fertility; Melatonin; Rams

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES; RASA ARAGONESA;

EID: 45349105642     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2008.199     Document Type: Article

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