Improved semen collection method for wild felids: Urethral catheterization yields high sperm quality in African lions (Panthera leo)

Theriogenology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 696-701

  Lueders, I ^a   Luther, I ^b,c   Scheepers, G ^d   van der Horst, G ^b  

^a Geolifes Animal Fertility and Reproductive Research   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c National Zoological Gardens of South Africa   (South Africa)

^d Zodiac Dierekliniek   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Electroejaculation; Semen sampling; Urethral catheter; Wild cats

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EJACULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; INSTRUMENTATION; LION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANIMALS; EJACULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LIONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 84863442342     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.02.026     Document Type: Article

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