Seminal traits, suitability for semen preservation and fertility in the native Portuguese horse breeds Puro Sangue Lusitano and Sorraia: Implications for stallion classification and assisted reproduction

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 113, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 102-113

  Gamboa, Sandra ^a,b   Machado Faria, Manuel ^a   Ramalho Santos, João ^b  

^a Agricultural School   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cooled semen; Equine; Fertility; Lusitano; Semen; Sorraia; Stallion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BREEDING; CLASSIFICATION; COLD; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; FERTILITY; HORSE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERM RETRIEVAL; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BIRTH RATE; BREEDING; COLD TEMPERATURE; FERTILITY; HORSES; MALE; PORTUGAL; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM RETRIEVAL;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 64949167954     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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