Tail Stump Sperm Defect as a Cause of Sterility in an Indobrasil (Bos indicus) Bull;Verkürzung des Spermienschwanzes als Ursache für Sterilität bei einem Indobrasilbullen (Bos indicus)

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 405-407

  Chacon J ^a   Rodriguez Martinez H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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EID: 0004932261     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.1998.tb01379.x     Document Type: Article

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