Cholesterol concentration in seminal plasma as a predictive tool for quality semen evaluation

Theriogenology

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1132-1140

  Beer Ljubic B ^a   Aladrovic J ^a   Marenjak, T S ^a   Laskaj R ^b   Majic Balic I ^c   Milinkovic Tur S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b Ministarstva Zdravstva i Socijalne Skrbi RH   (Croatia)

^c Reproduction and Animal Breeding Center   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cholesterols; Seasonality; Seminal plasma; Serum; Simmental bulls

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SEASON; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; SEASONS; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM MOTILITY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

BOVINAE;

EID: 70349566384     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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