Current Topics in Artificial Insemination of Sheep

Australian Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 103-116

  Evans, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRESERVATION; REVIEW; SHEEP; SPERM;

ANIMAL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; SEMEN; SHEEP;

EID: 0024145227     PISSN: 00049417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BI9880103     Document Type: Article

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