Testicular size and total sperm count of boars, bulls and stallions with impaired reproductive function of congenital and hereditary origin

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 97-101

  Andersson, M ^a   Makinen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 0008968241     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.1999.tb01225.x     Document Type: Article

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