Objectivily measured boar sperm motility parameters correlate with the outcomes of on-farm inseminations: Results of two fertility trials

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 312-323

  Holt, Clare ^a   Holt, William V ^a   Moore, Harry D M ^b   Reed, Hugh C B ^c   Curnock, Robert M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c JSR Healthbred Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CASA; Semen analysis; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FERTILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SPERM MOTILITY; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030610633     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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