Successful low dose insemination of flow cytometrically sorted ram spermatozoa in sheep

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 648-653

  De Graaf, S P ^a   Evans, G ^a   Maxwell, W M C ^a   Downing, J A ^a   O'Brien, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SHEEP; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

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EID: 34547642010     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2006.00837.x     Document Type: Article

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