Standardising bull breeding soundness evaluations and reporting in Australia

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1140-1148

  Fordyce, Geoffry ^a   Entwistle, Keith ^b   Norman, Scott ^c   Perry, Vivienne ^c   Gardiner, Ben ^d   Fordyce, Patrick ^e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Barraba Veterinary Clinic   (Australia)

^e NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding soundness evaluations; Bull; Fertility; Reports; Standards

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREEDING; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; FERTILITY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SCROTUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BREEDING; CATTLE; FERTILITY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCROTUM; SEMEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

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EID: 33747444299     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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