Prediction of bull fertility by combined in vitro assessments of frozen-thawed semen from young dairy bulls entering an Al-programme

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 253-260

  Zhang, B R ^a   Larsson, B ^a   Lundeheim, N ^a   Haard M G H ^b   Rodriguez Martinez, H ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Svensk Avel   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BREEDING; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DAIRY INDUSTRY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THAWING; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0032770294     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.1999.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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