Effect of Cryopreservation and Diet on Lipids of Fowl Sperm and Fertility

Avian and Poultry Biology Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 149-154

  Blesbois, E ^a   Lessire, M ^a   Hermier, D ^a  

^a STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

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