Comparative study of four techniques for evaluation of sperm quality in ovine and bovine frozen-thawed samples

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 157-160

  Perez L J ^a   Valcarcel A ^a   De Las Heras, M A ^a   Baldassarre, H ^a  

^a Centro de Investigaciones Reproductivas Perez Companc   (Argentina)

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EID: 0001449902     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.1997.tb01274.x     Document Type: Article

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