Characteristics of fresh semen of captive-bred capercaillie Tetrao urogallus L.

Zoo Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 672-680

  Łukaszewicz, Ewa ^a   Kowalczyk, Artur ^a   Rzońca, Zenon ^b  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b Forestry Wisła ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Capercaillie; Captive breeding; Semen characteristics; Spermatozoa morphology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM;

ANIMALS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; MALE; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

EID: 83155176149     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20367     Document Type: Article

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