Fertility in heifers and cows after low dose insemination with sex-sorted and non-sorted sperm under field conditions

Theriogenology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1647-1655

  Bodmer, M ^a,c   Janett, F ^b   Hassig M ^b   Den Daas, N ^a   Reichert, P ^a   Thun, R ^b  

^a Big X Inc   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cows; Fertility; Heifers; Low dose insemination; Sexed semen

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CELL SEPARATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEX DETERMINATION; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL SEPARATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 25144488249     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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