Uterine horn insemination of heifers with very low numbers of nonfrozen and sexed spermatozoa

Theriogenology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1255-1264

  Seidel Jr , G E ^a   Allen, C H ^b   Johnson, L A ^c   Holland, M D ^a   Brink, Z ^a   Welch, G R ^c   Graham, J K ^a   Cattell, M B ^d  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Atlantic Breeders Cooperative   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d DUO Dairy   (United States)

Author keywords

AI; Bovine; Flow cytometry; Liquid semen; Sexed spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COW; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; SEX DETERMINATION; SHEEP; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0345487512     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00368-3     Document Type: Article

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