Influence of staining and sampling procedures on goat sperm morphometry using the Sperm Class Analyzer

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 996-1003

  Hidalgo, Manuel ^a   Rodríguez, Inmaculada ^a   Dorado, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Buck; Morphology; Morphometric analysis; Sperm head; Validation

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 33746884299     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.02.039     Document Type: Article

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