A large-scale program in laparoscopic intrauterine insemination with frozen-thawed semen in Australian Merino sheep in Argentine Patagonia

Theriogenology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 651-657

  Moses, D ^a   Martinez, A G ^a   Iorio, G ^a   Valcarcel A ^a   Ham, A ^a   Pessi, H ^a   Castanon R ^b   Macia A ^a   De Las Heras, M A ^a,c  

^a Centro de Investigaciones Reproductivas Perez Companc   (Argentina)

^b Biotechnology Area   (Argentina)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Ewe; Hogget; Laparoscopy; Ovine

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; FEMALE FERTILITY; SHEEP;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LAPAROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; SPERM PRESERVATION; THAWING;

EID: 0031419370     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00281-1     Document Type: Article

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