Tissue kallikrein activity in seminal plasma of bovine ejaculates with different quality

Theriogenology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 471-475

  Somlev, B ^a   Helili, K ^a   Karcheva, V ^b  

^a Inst Biol and Immunol of Repro   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bovine seminal plasma; Sperm motility; Tissue kallikrein activity

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

EID: 0001082290     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0093-691X(95)00383-J     Document Type: Article

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