Behavioural responses of cockerels to semen collection and their influence on semen characteristics

British Poultry Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 317-322

  Lee, Y P ^a   Lee, S L ^a   Ho, Y J ^a   Chen, T L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PENIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; MALE; PENIS; SEMEN; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0033162089     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669987395     Document Type: Article

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