Sperm mobility: A primary determinant of fertility in the domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus)

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 400-405

  Froman, D P ^a   Feltmann, A J ^a   Rhoads, M L ^b   Kirby, J D ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLCARNITINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEAROYLCARNITINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOWL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FERTILITY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0032867781     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod61.2.400     Document Type: Article

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