Breeding soundness examination of Chianina, Marchigiana, and Romagnola yearling bulls in performance tests over a 10-year period

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1351-1358

  Sylla, L ^a   Stradaioli, G ^b   Borgami, S ^a   Monaci, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bovine; Breeding soundness; Fertility; Scrotal circumference; Semen

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FERTILITY; HISTOLOGY; ITALY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SCROTUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FERTILITY; ITALY; MALE; SCROTUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 34247123675     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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