Evaluation of the Duration of Sperm Fertilizing Ability in Five Lines of Commercial Broiler Breeder and Delaware Cross Males

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1688-1694

  Kirby, John D ^a   Tressler, Corinna J ^a,b   Kirby, Yvonne K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler breeder; Chicken; Duration of fertility; Iterative least squares; Sperm

Indexed keywords

GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHICKEN; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHICKENS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0032198722     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.11.1688     Document Type: Article

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