Side of gestation in dairy heifers affects subsequent sperm transport and pregnancy rates after deep insemination into one uterine horn

Theriogenology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 417-425

  Lopez Gatius F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Deep cornual insemination; Pregnancy rate; Side of pregnancy; Sperm transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000191786     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0093-691X(95)00378-L     Document Type: Article

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