L-carnitine effect on quantity and quality of African black neck ostrich sperm

Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-55

  Adabi, Sh Golzar ^a   Babaei, A Haji ^b   Moghaddam, Gh ^c   Taghizadeh, A ^c   Farahvash, T ^d   Lotfollahian, H ^e   Pour, F Moslemi ^f  

^a Jahad Keshavarzi Organization   (Iran)

^b Iran Ostrich Research International Company   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e Animal Science Research Institute   (Iran)

^f Faculty of Agriculture   (Iran)

Author keywords

Black neck ostrich; L carnitine; Ostrich; Quantity and quality; Sperm

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949100883     PISSN: 16805593     EISSN: 1993601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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