Effect of a deep uterine insemination on spermatozoal accessibility to the ovum in cattle: A competitive insemination study

Theriogenology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 883-890

  Dalton, J C ^a   Nadir, S ^a   Bame, J H ^a   Saacke, R G ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory spermatozoa; Artificial insemination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYOLOGY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS; UTERUS HORN;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM HEAD; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0033119161     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00035-7     Document Type: Article

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