Artificial insemination of captive European brown hares (Lepus europaeus PALLAS, 1778) with fresh and cryopreserved semen derived from free-ranging males

Theriogenology

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1065-1072

  Hildebrandt, T B ^a   Roellig, K ^a   Goeritz, F ^a   Fassbender, M ^a   Krieg, R ^b   Blottner, S ^a   Behr, B ^a   Hermes, R ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Kleintierzucht Krieg ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Directional freezing; Electroejaculation; Lagomorpha; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; HARES; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS;

EID: 70349438990     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.06.026     Document Type: Article

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