Semen parameters and level of microsatellite heterozygosity in Noriker draught horse stallions

Theriogenology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 371-378

  Aurich, Christine ^a   Achmann, Roland ^a   Aurich, Jörg E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Genomic heterozygosity; Semen quality; Stallion

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0038274571     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(03)00005-0     Document Type: Article

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