Age effect of male and female broiler breeders on sperm penetration of the perivitelline layer overlying the germinal disc

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 755-762

  Bramwell, R K ^a,b   Mcdaniel, C D ^a,c   Wilson, J L ^a   Howarth, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Broiler breeder; Fertility; Sperm penetration

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHICKEN; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

EID: 0030161537     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0750755     Document Type: Article

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