Inseminating fresh or cryopreserved semen for maximum efficiency: Implications for gene banks and industry

Poultry Science

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2192-2198

  Blackburn, H D ^a   Silversides, F ^b   Purdy, P H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GENETIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation of chicken genetic resources; Cryopreserved semen; Gene bank; Intramagnal insemination

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70349742261     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00403     Document Type: Article

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