Attributes of broiler breeder males characterized by low and high sperm mobility

Poultry Science

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1796-1801

  Bowling, E R ^a   Froman, D P ^b   Davis, A J ^a   Wilson, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler breeder; Fertility; Sperm mobility

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FERTILITY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKENS; FERTILITY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 1542707675     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/82.11.1796     Document Type: Article

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