CASA assessment of kinematic parameters of ram spermatozoa and their relationship to migration efficiency in ruminant cervical mucus

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 393-399

  Robayo, I ^a   Montenegro, V ^a   Valdes C ^a   Cox, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GOAT; IMAGE PROCESSING; KINETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CERVIX MUCUS; FEMALE; GOATS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KINETICS; MALE; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

BOVIDAE; BOVINAE; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 48249141840     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2007.00920.x     Document Type: Article

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