Sperm sexing in sheep and cattle: The exception and the rule

Theriogenology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-97

  de Graaf, S P ^a   Beilby, K H ^a   Underwood, S L ^a   Evans, G ^a   Maxwell, W M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fertility; Sex preselection; Sheep; Sperm sorting; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORSE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORSES; MALE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOA;

BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 56549118730     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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