Determining the sex of bovine embryos using polymerase chain reaction results: A six-year retrospective study

Theriogenology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 841-854

  Shea, B F ^a  

^a RR4   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bovine; Embryo; PCR; Sex

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX RATIO;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0033103634     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00030-8     Document Type: Article

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