Influence of age and body weight on semen production traits in Murrah bulls

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 767-768

  Ravi Murugan, T ^a   Raman, K S ^a  

^a MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Animal reproduction; Body weight; Bulls; Semen

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRAIT; NONHUMAN; SPERM;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0346325793     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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