Relationship among seminal quality measures and field fertility of young dairy bulls using low-dose inseminations

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1744-1754

  Christensen, P ^a,e   Labouriau, R ^b   Birck, A ^a   Boe Hansen, G B ^a,f   Pedersen, J ^c   Borchersen, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c Dansk Landbrugsradgivning   (Denmark)

^d Viking Genetics International Denmark   (Denmark)

^e SPZ Lab A/S   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; DNA fragmentation; Flow cytometry; Sperm viability

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 79952764762     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3087     Document Type: Article

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