Effect of dietary selenium and Vitamin E supplementation on testicular morphology and serum testosterone concentration in goats following scrotal insulation

Acta Scientiae Veterinariae

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Xavier, Guadalupe Carvalho ^a   Soares, Pierre Castro ^b   da Silva, Valdemiro Amaro ^b   de Torres, Sandra Maria ^b   Maymone, Ana Cristina Marinho ^b   de Morais, Rosana Nogueira ^c   Moura, Cristiane Scavuzzi ^b   Guerra, Maria Madalena Pessoa ^b  

^a Tecn de Proa   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Capra hircus; Histopathology; Testes; Thermal injury

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BORATE SODIUM; SELENIUM; TESTOSTERONE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT GAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GOAT; HEAT SHOCK; HISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PARENCHYMA; SCROTAL INSULATION; SELENIUM INTAKE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; TESTICULAR PARENCHYMA; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 85067277120     PISSN: 16780345     EISSN: 16799216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22456/1679-9216.81171     Document Type: Article

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