Sperm mucus penetration and its relation to semen quality of buffalo bulls

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 713-715

  Dev, Sittal ^a   Pangawkar, G R ^a   Sharma, R K ^a   Matharoo, J S ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

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