Applications of sexed semen in cattle production

Theriogenology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1421-1433

  Hohenboken, W D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Dairy cattle; Sex ratio control; Sexed semen

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DAIRY INDUSTRY; FEMALE; MALE; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SPERM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MEAT; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS);

EID: 0033371995     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00227-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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