Effect of feeding a DHA-enriched nutriceutical on the quality of fresh, cooled and frozen stallion semen

Theriogenology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1519-1527

  Brinsko, Steven P ^a   Varner, Dickson D ^a   Love, Charles C ^a   Blanchard, Terry L ^a   Day, Brian C ^b   Wilson, Mark E ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Minitube of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Fatty acids; Motility; Semen; Stallion

Indexed keywords

EID: 13944283751     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.07.010     Document Type: Article

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