Breeding soundness evaluation of extensively managed bulls in Costa Rica

Theriogenology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 221-231

  Chacon J ^a   Perez E ^a   Muller E ^a   Soderquist L ^a,b   Rodriguez Martinez H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bos indicus; Bos taurus; Breeding soundness; Bulls; Sperm abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CLIMATE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; COSTA RICA; CROSS BREEDING; CYTOLOGY; FERTILITY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MATING; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SCROTUM; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMIOGRAM; STANDARD; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CLIMATE; COSTA RICA; CROSSES, GENETIC; MALE; SCROTUM; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0033565244     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00124-7     Document Type: Article

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