Relationship between certain physical properties of cervical mucus and fertility in cows

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-31

  Tsiligianni, Th ^a,b   Karagiannidis, A ^a   Brikas, P ^a   Saratsis, Ph ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cervical mucus; Cow; Fertility; Physical properties

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CERVIX MUCUS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0033630695     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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