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Guidelines for handling of rabbit bucks and semen
No full textThis paper contains recommendations for procedures to be used in applied reproduction trials performed with rabbit bucks and/or semen. The factors influencing sperm production (environment, age, health status and feeding strategies) are described as well as the effects of semen handling (dilution, storage conditions, etc) on spermatozoa characteristics. Basic tools for analysing spermatozoa characteristics are given. Procedures, material and methods to evaluate sperm metabolism are precisely defined in an appendix. The present guidelines have been discussed and approved by a panel of experts (see footnote) in the course of various meetings in the context of COST action 848 sponsored by EU
Reproductive physiopathology of the rabbit doe.
No full textThe main components of the female sexual function will be discussed in this chapter, with an emphasis on those reproductive disorders best characterised as having an impact on the reproductive efficiency of rabbit
63 Maternal microenvironment-induced, sex-specific microRNA expression patterns during the early elongation stage of bovine embryo development
No full textDevelopment of an in vitro rabbit sperm model of metal-induced infertility and spermiotoxicity for regulatory
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Effect of different light intensities on quality of spermatozoa in rabbits
No full textThe present study evaluated the effects of light intensity on semen production in rabbits. Bucks were allocated to two groups which were exposed to a lighting program (16L:8D) with different light intensities (Group 1: 200 Lux). Prior to the thirteen weeks duration of the examination period, bucks were adapted to the light system for two months and conditioned for semen collection for one month. There was no effect of light intensity on libido, concentration and motility of spermatozoa. However, there were more bucks in group 1 delivering ejaculate with the gel fractions (P = 0.0065) and more foreign particles were observed in the ejaculates (P = 0.0007) compared to male rabbits from group 2. The first week of semen collection also revealed a light intensity effect on spermatozoa obtained by swim-up procedure. The concentrations of spermatozoa from group 2 were higher than those from group 1 (P < 0.0001). This effect was only slightly visible for motility after swim-up (P = 0.067)
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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