The potential fertility estimation capacity of the hypoosmotic swelling test, the thermal stress test and a modified cervical mucus penetration test in the bovine

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-46

  Bacinoglu, Suleyman ^a   Taş, Muzaffer ^b   Cirit, Ümüt ^a   Özdaş, Özen Banu ^a   Ak, Kemal ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bull semen; Cervical mucus penetration; HOST; Potential fertility; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TEMPERATURE; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CERVIX MUCUS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE;

BOVINAE;

EID: 37449018733     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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