Development of in vitro tests to predict fertility of bulls

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-52

  Giritharan, G ^a   Ramakrishnappa, N ^a   Balendran, A ^a   Cheng, K M ^a   Rajamahendran, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Fertility assay; Field fertility; IVF; Zona binding

Indexed keywords

EID: 19544378337     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A03-114     Document Type: Article

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