Fertility-Associated Antigen on Bull Sperm Indicates Fertility Potential

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2032-2039

  Bellin, Mary E ^a   Oyarzo, Janice N ^a   Hawkins, Hal E ^b   Zhang, Huanmin ^a   Smith, R Greg ^a   Forrest, David W ^c   Sprott, L R ^c   Ax, Roy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b King Ranch   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulls; Fertility; Proteins; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN, BOS TAURUS; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; FERTILITY-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN, BOS TAURUS; HEPARIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILITY AGENTS; HEPARIN; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0032134245     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.7682032x     Document Type: Article

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