Effect of the time of artificial insemination with frozen-thawed or fresh semen on embryo viability and early pregnancy rate in gilts

Theriogenology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 933-945

  Bertani, G R ^a   Scheid, I R ^a   Fialho, F B ^a   Rubin, M I B ^b   Wentz, I ^c   Goncalves P B D ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AI; Embryo; Semen; Swine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PREPUBERTY; THAWING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031572544     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00321-X     Document Type: Article

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