Semen characterization and sperm storage in Cabot's Tragopan

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 892-898

  Zhang, Y Y ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Cabot's Tragopan; Ejaculate; Sperm storage

Indexed keywords

TRAGOPAN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CYTOLOGY; EGG LAYING; EJACULATION; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ANIMALS; EJACULATION; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; OVIPOSITION; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33745062897     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.5.892     Document Type: Article

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