Possible negative effects of inbreeding on semen quality in Shetland pony stallions

Theriogenology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1159-1170

  Van Eldik, P ^a   Van Der Waaij, E H ^a   Ducro, B ^b   Kooper, A W ^a   Stout, T A E ^a   Colenbrander, B ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heritability; Horse; Inbreeding; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GENETICS; HORSE; INBREEDING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; HORSES; INBREEDING; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33644694705     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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