The predictive value of routine semen evaluation and IVF technology for determining relative boar fertility

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 736-748

  Ruiz Sanchez A L ^a   O'Donoghue, R ^a   Novak, S ^a   Dyck, M K ^a   Cosgrove, J R ^a   Dixon, W T ^a   Foxcroft, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Boar fertility; In vitro fertilization; Semen quality; Swine

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33746905115     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.12.012     Document Type: Article

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