Fertility of estrus-induced ewes during the non-breeding season and artificially inseminated with frozen semen imported from New Zealand

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 485-488

  Fukui, Yutaka ^a   Iida, Kenji ^a   Okada, Aki ^a   Zyouzyou, Yukio ^a   Wachi, Sachiko ^a   Togawa, Morihiko ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CIDR; Frozen semen; Insemination; Insemination dose; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548566556     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.48.485     Document Type: Article

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