Effect of age on spermiogram of holstein friesian sahiwal crossbred bulls

Animal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 595-603

  Mandal, D K ^a   Kumar, M ^a   Tyagi, S ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bos indicus Bos taurus; Frieswal crossbred bull; Sperm abnormality; Sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; FRIESIA;

EID: 77951255374     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109991273     Document Type: Article

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