Site of semen deposition in cattle: A review

Theriogenology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1407-1414

  Lopez Gatius F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Cattle; Review; Semen deposition

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; REVIEW; SPERM; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE TUBE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; SEMEN;

EID: 0034655995     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(00)00283-1     Document Type: Review

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