Interactions between nutrition and reproduction in the management of the mature male ruminant

Animal

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1214-1226

  Martin, G B ^a   Blache, D ^a   Miller, D W ^b   Vercoe, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

behaviour; hormones (reproductive; metabolic); nutrition; spermatogenesis; testis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77954533801     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109991674     Document Type: Article

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