Identifying useable semen

Theriogenology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1324-1336

  Foxcroft, G R ^a   Dyck, M K ^a   Ruiz Sanchez, A ^a   Novak, S ^a   Dixon, W T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boar; Fertility; Semen; Seminal plasma; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; OOCYTES; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

SUIDAE;

EID: 55649103681     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.07.015     Document Type: Article

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