Quality control of semen and embryos to avoid transmission of infectious diseases

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica - Section A: Animal Science

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages 44-50

  Thibier, Michel ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Embryo transfer; Infectious diseases; Semen and embryo quality control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039529192     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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