Semen characteristics, cryopreservation, and successful artificial insemination in the Blue rock pigeon (Columba livia)

Theriogenology

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 139-153

  Sontakke, Sadanand D ^a   Umapathy, Govindaswamy ^a   Sivaram, Vedantam ^a   Kholkute, Sanjiva D ^a,b   Shivaji, Sisinthy ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Blue rock pigeon; CASA; Cryopreservation; Semen characteristics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; KINETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; SEASON; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; KINETICS; MALE; SEASONS; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY;

COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 2642553358     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2003.08.018     Document Type: Article

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