Techniques for evaluating selected reproductive disorders of stallions

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 60-61, Issue , 2000, Pages 493-509

  Varner, D D ^a   Blanchard, T L ^a   Brinsko, S P ^a   Love, C C ^a   Taylor, T S ^a   Johnson, L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Horse; Reproductive disorders; Semen; Stallion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOGRAPHY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TESTIS TUMOR;

ANIMALS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0034596086     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(00)00115-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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