Collection of semen and artificial insemination of alpacas

Theriogenology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 619-626

  Bravo, P W ^a   Flores, U ^a   Garnica, J ^b   Ordonez C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL ALTIPLANO   (Peru)

Author keywords

AI; Alpaca; Semen collection; Semen evaluation

Indexed keywords

ALPACA; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CAMEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EJACULATION; FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0031062314     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00020-4     Document Type: Article

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