Field fertility of frozen-thawed boar sperm at low doses using non-surgical, deep uterine insemination

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 323-335

  Bathgate, R ^a   Eriksson, B M ^a   Thomson, P C ^a   Maxwell, W M C ^a   Evans, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Cryopreservation; Fertility; Pig

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIRTH RATE; CATHETERIZATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SWINE; TIME; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BIRTH RATE; CATHETERIZATION; CERVIX UTERI; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS;

SUIDAE;

EID: 36549018208     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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