Fertility after different artificial insemination methods using a synthetic semen extender in sheep

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-54

  Hiwasa, Mami ^a   Kohno, Hirohide ^b   Togari, Tetsuro ^c   Okabe, Kentaro ^b   Fukui, Yutaka ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Livestock Breeding Center   (Japan)

^c Hokkaido Prefectural Station of Animal Husbandry   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination (AI); Fertility; Semen extender; Sheep

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SHEEP; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP;

EQUIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 65349182021     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.20062     Document Type: Article

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