A field study on fertility and purity of sex-sorted cattle sperm

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2538-2542

  Cerchiaro, I ^a   Cassandro, M ^a   Dal Zotto, R ^a   Carnier, P ^a   Gallo, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cattle; Fertility; Purity; Sex sorted sperm

Indexed keywords

BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 35748956104     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-694     Document Type: Article

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