Reproductive development of santa inês rams during the first year of life: Body and testis growth, testosterone concentrations, sperm parameters, age at puberty and seminal plasma proteins

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 644-653

  Souza, C E A ^a   Araujo A A ^a   Oliveira, J T A ^b   Lima Souza, A C ^a   Neiva, J N M ^c   Moura, A A ^a  

^a Department of Animal Science ^*  (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO TOCANTINS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHEEP; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; MALE; SEMEN; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77956122625     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01322.x     Document Type: Article

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