Morphometric differences in sperm head dimensions of fertile and subfertile stallions

Theriogenology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 575-582

  Casey, P J ^a,b   Gravance, C G ^a   Davis, R O ^c   Chabot, D D ^b   Liu, I K M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Morphology; Morphometry; Spermatozoa; Stallion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; HORSE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SUBFERTILITY;

EID: 0031567837     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00015-0     Document Type: Article

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