Reproductive aspects and storage of semen in camelidae

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 173-193

  Bravo, P W ^a   Skidmore, J A ^b   Zhao, X X ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

^b Camel Reproduction Centre Dubai   (United Arab Emirates)

^c GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpaca; Camel; Dromedary; Llama; Vicuna

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CAMEL; FERTILITY; REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN;

ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CAMELS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENITALIA, MALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; LAMA GLAMA; LAMA PACOS; VICUGNA VICUGNA;

EID: 0034683162     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(00)00158-5     Document Type: Article

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