Twice daily collection yields greater semen output and does not affect male libido in the ostrich

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 258-264

  Bonato, Maud ^a   Rybnik, Paulina K ^b   Malecki, Irek A ^b   Cornwallis, Charlie K ^c   Cloete, Schalk W P ^a,d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Institute for Animal Production: Elsenburg   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ostrich semen collection frequency; Sperm morphology; Sperm motility; Sperm viability; Struthio camelus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; LIBIDO; MALE; MOTIVATION; OSTRICH; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); LIBIDO; MALE; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM RETRIEVAL; STRUTHIONIFORMES; TIME FACTORS;

STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 79951677269     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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