Factors affecting the fertility of ewes after intrauterine insemination with frozen-thawed semen during the non-breeding season

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 460-466

  Fukui, Yutaka ^a   Kohno, Hirohide ^b   Okabe, Kentaro ^b   Katsuki, Sara ^a   Yoshizawa, Masahiro ^a   Togari, Tetsuro ^c   Watanabe, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL LIVESTOCK BREEDING CENTER   (Japan)

^c Hokkaido Konsen Agricultural Experiment Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Fertility; Frozen semen; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; FREEZING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SHEEP; SPERM PRESERVATION; TEMPERATURE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FREEZING; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE; UTERUS;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77956537748     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.10-015T     Document Type: Article

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