Influence of bull seminal plasma on post-thaw ram semen parameters and fertility

Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 503-507

  Gunay, Ulgen ^a   Dogan, Ibrahim ^a   Zekariya, N U R ^a   Manolov, Ivan ^b   Sagirkaya, Hakan ^a   Soylu, Mustafa Kemal ^a   Kaptan, Cuneyt ^c   Akpinar, Latif ^c  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TRAKIA UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

^c Bandirma Marmara Livestock Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bull seminal plasma; Fertility; Frozen semen; Ram

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847742545     PISSN: 00424870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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