Sperm survival and heterogeneity are correlated with fertility after intrauterine insemination in superovulated ewes

Theriogenology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 748-762

  Grasa, P ^a   Perez Pe R ^a   Abecia, A ^a   Forcada, F ^a   Muino Blanco T ^a   Cebrian Perez J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fertility; Intrauterine insemination; Ram spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRIFUGATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOON; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRIFUGATION; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOA; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALIA; OVIS;

EID: 11444270275     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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