Ram seminal plasma and fertility: Results from an ongoing field study

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 335-341

  Belibasaki, Sophia ^a   Amiridis, G S ^b   Lymberopoulos, A ^a   Varsakeli, Sophia ^a   Kouskoura, Theodora ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Ram; Semen; Seminal plasma

Indexed keywords

OVIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; SHEEP; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 0034570410     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/avet.48.2000.3.10     Document Type: Article

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