L-carnitine effect on quantity and quality of African black neck ostrich sperm

Asian Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 369-374

  Golzar Adabi, S ^a   Haji Babaei, A ^b   Lotfollahian, H ^b   Farahvash, T ^b   Moslemi Pour, F ^c  

^a Jabaci Keshavarzi Organization   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Faculty of Agriculture   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ejaculate; L camitine; Ostrich; Quality; Quantity; Spermatozoid

Indexed keywords

STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 77955222594     PISSN: 16839919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajava.2008.369.374     Document Type: Article

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