Pathologic conditions of the stallion reproductive tract

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 197-207

  Edwards, John F ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Pathology; Penis; Stallion; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRYPTORCHISM; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HERMAPHRODITISM; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CRYPTORCHIDISM; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, MALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 47049114955     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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