Breed and other effects on reproductive traits and breeding soundness categorization in young beef bulls in Florida

Theriogenology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1159-1170

  Chenoweth, P J ^a   Chase Jr , C C ^c   Thatcher, M J D ^a   Wilcox, C J ^b   Larsen, R E ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bos indicus; Breeding soundness evaluation; Bull; Romosinuano; Senepol

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALIA; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030276230     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(96)00287-7     Document Type: Article

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