Biometry of frozen-thawed sperm from eight breeds of Indian buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)

Theriogenology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 682-686

  Aggarwal, R A K ^a   Ahlawat, S P S ^c   Kumar, Y ^a   Panwar, P S ^a   Singh, K ^b   Bhargava, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

^b CSK HIMACHAL PRADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Frozen thawed; Indian buffalo; Morphometry; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BUFFALO; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BUFFALOES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA;

BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 34447649728     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.03.028     Document Type: Article

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