Effect of alternate day collection on semen quality of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) with poor initial fresh semen quality
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Effect of alternate day collection on semen quality of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) with poor initial fresh semen quality.
In captivity, male Asian elephants often yield poor quality semen after transrectal manually assisted semen collection; however, the reasons for the disappointing semen quality are not clear. Here we test the hypothesis that accumulation of senescent spermatozoa is a contributory factor, and that semen quality can therefore be improved by more frequent ejaculation. To this end we investigated t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Animal Reproduction Science
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0378-4320
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2014.04.008