Sperm morphology in Estonian and Tori Breed Stallions

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 11-18

  Kavak, A ^a,c   Lundeheim, N ^b   Aidnik, M ^a   Einarsson, S ^c  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b Landscape Planning and Horticulture   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Horse; Semen; Sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREED; FERTILITY; HORSE; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SMEAR; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; STALLION;

ANIMALS; HORSES; MALE; PEDIGREE; SPERMATOZOA;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 6344285445     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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