Increased Fecundity Resulting from Semen Donor Selection Based Upon in Vitro Sperm Motility

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-77

  Froman, D P ^a   Feltmann, A J ^a   Mclean, D J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accudenz , motility; Fecundity; Poultry; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHICKEN; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0030641636     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.1.73     Document Type: Article

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