Semen characteristics of genetically identical quadruplet bulls

Theriogenology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1865-1877

  Lessard, Carl ^a   Masseau, Isabelle ^a   Bilodeau, Jean Franq̧ois ^a   Kroetsch, Tom ^b   Twagiramungu, Hermenegilde ^c   Bailey, Janice L ^a   Leclerc, Pierre ^a   Sullivan, Robert ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Gencor   (Canada)

^c L'Alliance Boviteq Inc   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cattle; Clones; Cryopreservation; Monozygotic; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLONING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEAT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CATTLE; CLONING, ORGANISM; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEAT; MALE; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0037447512     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01256-6     Document Type: Article

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