Radiographic contrast medium for uterine insemination in the bitch, and its effect upon the quality and fertility of fresh dog semen

Theriogenology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1233-1241

  England, G C W ^a   Verstegen, J P ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contrast medium; Dog; Fertility; Insemination; Semen

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BEAGLE; BITCH; GREYHOUND; IOHEXOL; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE; RADIOGRAPHY; SODIUM DIATRIZOATE; SPERMATOZOON; UTERINE CATHETER;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; DOG; FEMALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0030276229     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(96)00294-4     Document Type: Article

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