Assessment of a new utero-tubal junction insemination device in dairy cattle

Theriogenology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-115

  Verberckmoes, Steven ^a   Van Soom, Ann ^a   De Pauw, Ingrid ^a   Dewulf, Jeroen ^a   Vervaet, Chris ^a   De Kruif, Aart ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bovine; Insemination; Sperm reservoir; Utero tubal junction

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0346398456     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(03)00186-9     Document Type: Article

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