Frequency of boar ejaculate collection and its influence on semen quality, pregnancy rate and litter size

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 265-273

  Frangez R ^a   Gider, T ^b   Kosec, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b OVA KG Raki an Doo   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Boar; Frequency; Pregnancy rate; Semen; Sow

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 23644437698     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200574020265     Document Type: Article

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