Evaluation of epididymal semen quality using the Hamilton-Thorne analyser indicates variation between the two caudae epididymides of the same bull

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 323-330

  Goovaerts, I G F ^a   Hoflack, G G ^b   Van Soom, A ^b   Dewulf, J ^b   Nichi, M ^a,c   de Kruif, A ^b   Bols, P E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bull; CASA; Cauda epididymis; Epididymal semen quality; Hamilton Thorne

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33746940808     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.11.018     Document Type: Article

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