Semen evaluation of two selected lines of rabbit bucks

World Rabbit Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 141-148

  Safaa, H M ^a,b,d   Vicente, J S ^b   Lavara, R ^b   Viudes De Castro, M P ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c Centra de Investigación y Tecnologia Animal   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hypo osmotic swelling test; Rabbit; Selection criteria; Semen profile; Seminal plasma protein

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 53649100263     PISSN: 12575011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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