Testicular shape and its relationship to sperm production in mature Holstein bulls

Theriogenology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 881-887

  Bailey, T L ^a   Monke, D ^b   Hudson, R S ^c   Wolfe, D F ^c   Carson, R L ^c   Riddell, M G ^c  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Select Sires Inc   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Scrotal circumference; Sperm production; Testicular shape

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; EJACULATION; HERITABILITY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROGENY; SCROTUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0030252559     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(96)00245-2     Document Type: Article

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