Azoospermia in an 8-month-old boar due to bilateral obstruction at the testis/epididymis interface

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1130-1134

  Clements, Kristin M ^a   Shipley, Clifford F ^a   Coleman, David A ^a   Ehrhart, Eugene J ^a,c   Haschek, Wanda M ^a   Clark, Sherrie G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE REPORT; EPIDIDYMIS; FATALITY; GRANULOMA; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SWINE; TESTIS DISEASE;

ANIMALS; AZOOSPERMIA; EPIDIDYMIS; FATAL OUTCOME; GRANULOMA; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SWINE; TESTICULAR DISEASES;

EID: 78649351589     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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