Transport of fertilised and unfertilised ova in sows

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 69-74

  Mwanza, M ^a   Razdan, P ^b   Hulten F ^b   Einarsson, Stig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fertilised and non fertilised ova; Ova transport; Oviduct; Sow

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; FEMALE; MALE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SWINE; UTERINE TUBE; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; INSEMINATION; MALE; OVUM; OVUM TRANSPORT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0037110449     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(02)00164-1     Document Type: Article

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