What affects fertility of sexed bull semen more, low sperm dosage or the sorting process?

Theriogenology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-67

  Frijters, A C J ^a   Mullaart, E ^a   Roelofs, R M G ^a   van Hoorne, R P ^a   Moreno, J F ^b   Moreno, O ^c   Merton, J S ^a  

^a CRV   (Netherlands)

^b Sexing Technologies   (United States)

^c ST Benelux   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bovine; Fertility; Reproduction; Sex; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; SEMEN; SEX PRESELECTION; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 56549106899     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.09.025     Document Type: Article

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