Can relative spermatozoal galactosyltransferase activity be predictive of dairy bull fertility?

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2473-2479

  Larson, J L ^a   Miller, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Bovine; Cell adhesion; Fertility; Sperm; Zona pellucida; 1,4 galactosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; N ACETYLLACTOSAMINE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MICE; N-ACETYLLACTOSAMINE SYNTHASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0034327942     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(00)75139-3     Document Type: Article

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