Relationship between bovine fertility and the number of spermatozoa penetrating the cervical mucus within straws

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 18-27

  Taş, Muzaffer ^a   Bacinoglu, Suleyman ^b   Cirit, Ümüt ^b   Özdaş, Özen Banu ^b   Ak, Kemal ^b  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bull semen; Cervical mucus; Penetration test

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CERVIX MUCUS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FERTILITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

BOVINAE;

EID: 34250735037     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2006.08.020     Document Type: Article

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