Testicular development and establishment of spermatogenesis in Nili-Ravi buffalo bulls

Theriogenology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-25

  Ahmad, N ^a   Umair, S ^b   Shahab, M ^a   Arslan, M ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Seminiferous tubules; Spermatogenesis; Testicular development

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; MALE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 70450260710     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.06.034     Document Type: Article

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