Effect of number of motile, frozen-thawed boar sperm and number of fixed-time inseminations on fertility in estrous-synchronized gilts

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 259-266

  Spencer, Karl W ^a   Purdy, Phil H ^b   Blackburn, Harvey D ^b   Spiller, Scott F ^b   Stewart, Terry S ^c   Knox, Robert V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AI; Boar; Frozen sperm; Litter size; Ovulation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEAT; LITTER SIZE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOT TEMPERATURE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 77956179917     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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