Controlled doe exposure as biostimulation of buck rabbits

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 270-275

  Lara, R Rodríguez De ^a,b   Noguez Estrada, J ^a   Rangel Santos, R ^a   Garcia Muniz J G ^a   Martinez Hernandez P A ^a   Fallas Lopez M ^b   Maldonado Siman, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO   (Mexico)

^b Centro de Investigación Científica del Estado de Mexico A C   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Libido; Number of ejaculate; Rabbits; Season; Semen quality; Sexual stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EJACULATION; FEMALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; EJACULATION; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; RABBITS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEMEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 78649867143     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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