Variability, repeatability and phenotypic relationships of several characteristics of production and semen quality in rabbit

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 88-100

  Garcia Tomas M ^a,b   Sanchez J ^b   Rafel, O ^a   Ramon, J ^a   Piles, M ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Correlation; Principal component; Rabbit; Semen

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EJACULATION; MALE; PH; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RABBIT; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACROSOME; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; EJACULATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RABBITS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33646567505     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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