Replicate and technician variation associated with computer aided bull sperm head morphometry analysis (ASMA)

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 77-82

  Gravance, C G ^a,c   Garner, D L ^c   Pitt, C ^b   Vishwanath, R ^b   Sax Gravance, S K ^a   Casey, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b LIVESTOCK IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMATOXYLIN; ROSE BENGAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CATTLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPERM HEAD;

EID: 0033048036     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.1999.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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