Transuterine sperm transport is not affected by bilateral asymmetry of the reproductive system in dairy cows

Theriogenology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1319-1325

  Lopez Gatius F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bilateral asymmetry; Dairy cattle; Deep cornual insemination; Side of pregnancy; Sperm transport

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COW; FERTILIZATION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION;

EID: 0345267073     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00124-6     Document Type: Article

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