Impaired semen quality of AI bulls fed with moldy hay: A case report

Theriogenology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1497-1502

  Alm, K ^a   Dahlbom, M ^a   Saynajarvi M ^b   Andersson, M A ^a   Salkinoja Salonen, M S ^a   Andersson, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AI Cooperative Sisämaan Jalostus   (Finland)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Mycotoxins; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD QUALITY; FUSARIUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAY; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FINLAND; MALE; MYCOTOXINS; SEASONS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

FUSARIUM;

EID: 0036836525     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01079-8     Document Type: Article

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