Effect of dietary energy on seminal plasma insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), serum IGF-I and testosterone levels, semen quality and fertility in adult rams

Theriogenology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 646-655

  Selvaraju, S ^a   Sivasubramani, T ^a   Raghavendra, B S ^a   Raju, P ^a,b   Rao, S B N ^a   Dineshkumar, D ^a   Ravindra, J P ^a  

^a ICAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL NUTRITION AND PHYSIOLOGY   (India)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON GOATS   (India)

Author keywords

Energy; Fertility; IGF I; Ram; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; ELEUSINE CORACANA;

EID: 84863470767     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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