Insemination time and dilution rate of cooled and chilled ram semen affects fertility

Theriogenology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-26

  Fernandez Abella, D ^a   Preve, M O ^b   Villegas, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b Saudades Farm ^*  (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Insemination time; Pregnancy; Semen conservation; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COLD; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TIME;

ANIMALS; COLD; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MILK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TIME FACTORS;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037800418     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01041-5     Document Type: Article

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