Effects of melatonin implants during non-breeding season on sperm motility and reproductive parameters in rasa aragonesa rams

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 425-432

  Casao, A ^a   Vega, S ^a   Palacin I ^a   Perez Pe R ^a   Lavina A ^b   Quintin F J ^c   Sevilla, E ^c   Abecia, J A ^a   Cebrian Perez J A ^a   Forcada, F ^a   Muino Blanco T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Cabañera Real ^*  (Spain)

^c CENSYRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; DRUG IMPLANT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IMPLANT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ZONA PELLUCIDA; DRUG EFFECTS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MELATONIN; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SHEEP; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; RASA ARAGONESA;

EID: 77954126168     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01215.x     Document Type: Article

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