Validation and usefulness of the sperm quality analyzer (SQA II-C) for bull semen analysis

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-244

  Hoflack, G ^a   Rijsselaere, T ^a   Maes, D ^a   Dewulf, J ^a   Opsomer, G ^a   De Kruif, A ^a   Van Soom, A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FERTILITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PHOTOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; AUTOANALYSIS; CATTLE; FERTILITY; MALE; PHOTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 20444486656     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2005.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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