New technologies to improve the reproductive efficiency of dairy cattle;Nouvelles techniques pour améliorer l'efficacité reproductive des bovins laitiers

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages 113-129

  Guilbault, L A ^a,b   Pothier, F ^a   Twagiramungu, H ^c   Sirard, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Boviteq   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Embryo transfer; Sexing; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346399432     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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