Intratesticular hypertonic sodium chloride solution treatment as a method of chemical castration in cattle

Theriogenology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1007-1011.e1

  Neto, Olmiro Andrade ^a   Gasperin, Bernardo G ^b   Rovani, Monique T ^a   Ilha, Gustavo F ^a   Nóbrega, Janduí E ^a   Mondadori, Rafael G ^b   Gonçalves, Paulo B D ^a   Antoniazzi, Alfredo Q ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calf; Chemical castration; Infertility; Intratesticular injection; Testosterone secretion

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TESTIS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; TESTIS;

EID: 84908030442     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2014.07.020     Document Type: Article

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