Cervical penetration and transcervical AI of tropical sheep (Malpura) at natural oestrus using frozen-thawed semen

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 329-333

  Naqvi, S M K ^a   Joshi, A ^a   Bag, S ^a   Pareek, S R ^a   Mittal, J P ^a  

^a CENTRAL SHEEP AND WOOL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Frozen semen; Lambing; Sheep; Transcervical

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000971601     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-4488(97)00141-7     Document Type: Article

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