Studies on motility and fertility of cooled stallion spermatozoa

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-109

  Rota, A ^a   Furzi, C ^a   Panzani, D ^a   Camillo, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HORSES; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 2342649586     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2004.00488.x     Document Type: Article

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