Pregnancy outcome after insemination of frozen-thawed bovine semen packaged in two straw sizes: A meta-analysis

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 4432-4438

  Stevenson, J S ^a   Higgins, J J ^a   Jung, Y ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination straw package; Meta analysis; Pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERM PRESERVATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEMEN PRESERVATION;

EID: 70349294188     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2304     Document Type: Article

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