Sperm production and sperm morphology of Swedish Warmblood stallions

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-36

  Einarsson, S ^a   Dalin, A M ^a   Lundeheim, N ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; FERTILITY; HORSE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FERTILITY; HORSES; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; SEASONS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 58249117732     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2007.00985.x     Document Type: Article

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