Royal jelly counteracts bucks' "summer infertility"

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 174-180

  Elnagar, Samar A ^a  

^a Alexandria University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Fertility; Heat stress; Rabbit; Royal jelly; Sperm; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; INSECT HORMONE; ROYAL JELLY; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEAT; HEAT STROKE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PATHOLOGY; RABBIT; RANDOMIZATION; SEASON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; COMPLICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; INFERTILITY, MALE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HEAT STROKE; HOT TEMPERATURE; INFERTILITY, MALE; INSECT HORMONES; MALE; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEASONS; SPERM COUNT; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 77954458670     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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