Epididymal lithiasis in roosters: In the middle of the way there was a stone

Life Sciences

Volumn 89, Issue 15-16, 2011, Pages 588-594

  Oliveira, André G ^a   Oliveira, Cleida A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calcification; Calcium; Efferent ductules; Epididymis; Lithiasis; Roosters

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON; COLECALCIFEROL; MAGNESIUM; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM; SULFUR;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AVIAN INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; AVIAN PNEUMOVIRUS; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALCIUM REABSORPTION; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL POPULATION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDIDYMAL LITHIASIS; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS DISEASE; EPITHELIUM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; INTERSTITIUM; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PARACELLULAR CALCIUM TRANSPORT; PENIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROOSTER; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATIC CORD; SPERMATOGENESIS; STONE FORMATION; TESTIS; TRANSEPITHELIAL CALCIUM TRANSPORT; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CHICKENS; EPIDIDYMIS; GENITALIA; HOMEOSTASIS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LITHIASIS; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; REPRODUCTION; TESTICULAR DISEASES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80051967803     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: 18790631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2011.04.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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