Reproductive biotechnologies for improvement of buffalo: The current status

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1071-1086

  Purohit, G N ^a   Duggal, G P ^a,b   Dadarwal, D ^a,c   Kumar, Dinesh ^a,d   Yadav, R C ^a   Vyas, S ^a,e  

^a RAJASTHAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Opp Univ Gate   (India)

^c PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Village and Post office Papra   (India)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON CAMEL   (India)

Author keywords

Artificial Insemination; Buffalo; Embryo Transfer; In Vitro Fertilization; Oocyte; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS;

EID: 0043166929     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2003.1071     Document Type: Review

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