Method for collecting semen from the ostrich (Struthio camelus) and some of its quantitative and qualitative characteristics

British Poultry Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 607-611

  Rozenboim, I ^a   Navot, A ^a   Snapir, N ^a   Rosenstrauch, A ^b   El Halawani, M E ^c   Gvaryahu, G ^a   Degen, A ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b ACHVA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; OSTRICH; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; SEMEN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

ANIMALIA; CAMELUS; STRUTHIO CAMELUS;

EID: 0242658989     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660310001618361     Document Type: Article

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