Evaluations of boar gonad development, spermatogenesis with regard to semen characteristics, libido and serum testosterone levels based on large White Duroc × chinese erhualian crossbred boars

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 913-919

  Ren, D ^a   Xing, Y ^a   Lin, M ^a,b   Wu, Y ^a   Li, K ^a   Li, W ^a   Yang, S ^a   Guo, T ^a   Ren, J ^a   Ma, J ^a   Lan, L ^a   Huang, L ^a  

^a JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; SEMEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SWINE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 73149105711     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01117.x     Document Type: Article

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