Validation of the sperm mobility assay in boars and stallions

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1091-1097

  Vizcarra, Jorge A ^a   Ford, J Joe ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Boars; CASA; Mobility; Sperm; Stallions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; HORSE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; HORSES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33747188885     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.02.048     Document Type: Article

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