Semen cryopreservation in dogs and foxes

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 251-260

  Farstad, W ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Dog; Fox; Freezing; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; VULPES LAGOPUS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0030130587     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4320(96)01483-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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