Fertility of broiler breeders following categorization by the OptiBreed® sperm quality index when hens are inseminated with a constant number of sperm

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 239-245

  Parker, H M ^a   Karaca, A G ^a   Yeatman, J B ^a   Frank, L R ^b   McDaniel, C D ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alpharma Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler breeder; Fertility; Insemination dose; Sperm quality index

Indexed keywords

AVES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKENS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0036480107     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.2.239     Document Type: Article

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