Breeding Soundness Evaluation and Semen Analysis for Predicting Bull Fertility

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL.2, 2008, Pages 368-373

  Kastelic, J P ^a,b   Thundathil, J C ^b  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS;

EID: 58149196450     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01186.x     Document Type: Article

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