Does artificial insemination with chilled, extended semen reduce the antigenic challenge to the mare's uterus compared with natural service?

Theriogenology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 583-590

  Nikolakopoulos, E ^a   Watson, E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AI; Endometritis; Mare; Natural service

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN CHALLENGE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; HORSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SPERM PRESERVATION; SUBFERTILITY;

EID: 0031567845     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00016-2     Document Type: Article

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