Effect of different packages and freezing/thawing protocols on fertility of ram semen

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 527-531

  Nordstoga, Ab ^a,b   Soderquist L ^c   Adnoy T ^b   Paulenz, H ^a,b  

^a Team Semin   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEAT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOT TEMPERATURE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65649083419     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01284.x     Document Type: Article

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