Laparoscopical intrauterine insemination with different doses of fresh, conserved, and frozen semen for the production of ovine zygotes

Theriogenology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 777-787

  Ehling, Christine ^a   Wirth, Petra ^a   Schindler, Lothar ^a   Hadeler, Klaus Gerd ^a   Döpke, Hans Herrmann ^a   Lemme, Erika ^a   Herrmann, Doris ^a   Niemann, Heiner ^a  

^a Institute for Animal Science   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Laparoscopical insemination; Microinjection; Sheep; Zygotes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0042767988     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(03)00049-9     Document Type: Article

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