Does Vitamin E or Vitamin E plus Selenium improve reproductive performance of rams during hot weather?;Può la Vitamina E, da sola o con Selenio, migliorare le prestazioni riproduttive degli arieti durante la stagione calda?

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 743-754

  Ali, Ammar Bin Talib ^a   Bomboi, Giovanni ^a   Floris, Basilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Rams; Reproductive performance; Selenium; Semen characteristics; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449083343     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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