Measuring sperm:Egg interaction to assess breeding efficiency in chickens and turkeys

Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 428-436

  Wishart, G J ^a   Staines, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chicken; Fertility; Sperm in eggs; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; TURKEYS;

EID: 0033091024     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.3.428     Document Type: Article

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