Storage of poultry semen

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 213-232

  Donoghue, A M ^a   Wishart, G J ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian semen; Cryoprotectant; Fertilizing ability; Poultry; Storage in vitro

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHICKEN; FERTILIZABILITY; FREEZING; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CRYOPRESERVATION; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; POULTRY; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SOLUTIONS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERMATOZOA;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0034683140     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(00)00160-3     Document Type: Article

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