Hair whorl patterns on the bovine forehead may be related to breeding soundness measures

Theriogenology

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 450-457

  Meola, Melissa G ^a   Grandin, Temple ^a   Burns, Patrick ^a   Deesing, Mark ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding soundness; Bulls; Hair whorls; Sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FACE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAIR; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SCROTUM; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FACE; HAIR; MALE; SCROTUM; SPERMATOZOA;

BOVINAE;

EID: 3042802134     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2003.10.021     Document Type: Article

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