Birth of the first mithun (Bos frontalis) calf through artificial insemination

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 879-882

  Dhali, A ^a   Karunakaran, M ^b   Mech, A ^a   Nath, N ^a   Prakash, B ^a   Rajkhowa, C ^a   Mishra, D P ^a,c  

^a National Research Centre on Mithun India   (India)

^b ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR NEH REGION   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AI; Cryopreservation; Mithun; Semen; Tris egg yolk glycerol

Indexed keywords

BOS FRONTALIS;

EID: 43649107148     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108001985     Document Type: Article

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