Maca (Lepidium meyenii) supplementation increase the sexual capacity of low but not high sexual performance rams (Ovis aries);La suplementación con maca (Lepidium meyenii) incrementa la capacidad de servicio en carneros (Ovis aries) de bajo pero no de alto desempeño sexual

Boletin Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Plantas Medicinales y Aromaticas

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 144-150

  Avelar, Alberto ^a   Orihuela, Agustín ^a   Vázquez, Reyes ^a   Palma Irizarry, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aphrodisiac; Breeders; Sexual behavior; Sheep; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DOMESTIC SHEEP; EJACULATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEPIDIUM; MALE; REST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84963773391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 07177917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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