The seasonal fertility of North American bison (Bison bison) bulls

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 265-277

  Helbig, L ^a   Woodbury, M R ^b   Haigh, J C ^b   Collins, J ^c   Barth, A D ^b  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Central Laboratory for Veterinarians Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bison; Fertility; Seasonality; Semen; Testes

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BUFFALO; CHEMISTRY; FECES; FERTILITY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BISON; BODY WEIGHT; FECES; FERTILITY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEASONS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

BISON; BISON BISON; BISON BISON ATHABASCAE; BISON BISON BISON; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33751200493     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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