Hysteroscopic insemination of small numbers of spermatozoa at the uterotubal junction of preovulatory mares

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-100

  Morris, L H A ^a   Hunter, R H F ^b   Allen, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORSE; HYSTEROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS HORN;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0033980860     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1180095     Document Type: Article

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