Fertility prediction in stallions

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 181-188

  Magistrini, Michele ^a   Vidament, Marianne ^a   Clement, Francoise ^b   Palmer, Eric ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Institut du Cheval   (France)

Author keywords

Chromatin assay; Fertility assessment; Hormonal concentration; Membrane integrity; Seminal plasma; Stallion

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0030130531     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4320(96)01515-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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