Morphological characteristics and haematological studies in Wistar rats subjected to prolonged treatment of chloramphenicol;Características morfológicas y estudios hematológicos en ratas Wistar sometidas a un tratamiento prolongado con cloranfenicol

International Journal of Morphology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-11

  Oyeyemi, Matthew Olugbenga ^a   Adeniji, Deborah Adejoke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Breeding; Chloramphenicol; Infertility; Spermatozoa; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249158291     PISSN: 07179367     EISSN: 07179502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-95022009000100001     Document Type: Article

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