The relationship between semen quality and the nonreturn rate of bulls

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 503-507

  Christensen, P ^a   Brockhoff, P B ^a   Lehn Jensen, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 0009010725     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.1999.tb01410.x     Document Type: Article

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