Recovery Rate and Quality of Embryos from Mares Inseminated at the First Post-Partum Oestrus;Frekvensen funna embryon och deras kvalitet från ston inseminerade i den första post-partum brunsten

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 343-350

  Huhtinen, M ^a   Reilas, T ^a   Katila, T ^b  

^a Equine Research   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

bacteria; cell number; FDA staining; Hoechst 33342; neutrophils; viability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BACTERIUM; BREEDING; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HORSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; EMBRYO; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HORSES; INSEMINATION; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; UTERUS;

EID: 0030338565     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: 17510147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03548100     Document Type: Article

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