Fertility results after different thawing procedures for ram semen frozen in minitubes and mini straws

Theriogenology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1719-1727

  Paulenz, Heiko ^a   Söderquist, Lennart ^b   Ådnøy, Tormod ^c   Nordstoga, Anne ^a   Gulbrandsen, Bjørn ^d   Andersen Berg, Kjell ^c  

^a Team Semin   (Norway)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d GENO Breeding and AI Association   (Norway)

Author keywords

AI; Frozen thawed semen; Mini straw; Minitube; Ram; Thawing procedure

Indexed keywords

AGING; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEAT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SHEEP; SPERM PRESERVATION;

AGING; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEAT; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 1542381032     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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