Fertility of beef cattle females with mating stimuli around insemination

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 221-226

  Rodriguez, R O L ^a   Rivera, M J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Cattle; Male effect; Mating

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; FEMALE FERTILITY; MATING; SEASON;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MEAT; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0033614002     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(98)00151-1     Document Type: Article

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