Outcomes of breeding soundness evaluation of 2898 yearling bulls subjected to different classification systems

Theriogenology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1321-1332

  Higdon III, H L ^a   Spitzer, J C ^a   Hopkins, F M ^b   Bridges Jr , W C ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding soundness evaluation; Yearling beef bulls

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DATA ANALYSIS; FERTILITY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTUM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCROTUM; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0034177579     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(00)00275-2     Document Type: Article

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