Effect of Added Spermiophages in Pooled Turkey Semen on Fertility, Embryonic Mortality, and Hatchability

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 943-948

  Barnes, Debra A ^a   Thurston, Ronald J ^a   Scott, Thomas R ^a   Korn, Nancy ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Reproduction; Semen storage; Spermiophage; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; FERTILITY; FETUS DEATH; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TIME; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FERTILITY; FETAL DEATH; MACROPHAGES; MALE; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS; TURKEYS;

EID: 0030184316     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0750943     Document Type: Article

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