B-Mode ultrasonographic evaluation of paired testicular diameter of mature boars in relation to average total sperm numbers

Theriogenology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1011-1023

  Clark, S G ^a   Schaeffer, D J ^a   Althouse, G C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boar; Sperm; Testes; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042785277     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(03)00127-4     Document Type: Article

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