Effect of collection frequency on quantitative and qualitative characteristics of pigeon (Columba livia) semen

British Poultry Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 361-365

  Klimowicz, M ^a   Lukaszewicz E ^a   Dubiel, A ^a  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EJACULATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; SECRETION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TIME;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; EJACULATION; MALE; SEMEN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 21044436687     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660500098210     Document Type: Article

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