Assessment of the quality of European hare (Lepus europaeus, Pallas 1778) semen with conventional and computer methods

Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 569-573

  Kozdrowski, Roland ^a  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Computer analysis; Hare; Motility; Semen; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

LEPUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS;

EID: 40749136628     PISSN: 00424870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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