Effect of straw size and thawing time on quality of cryopreserved buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) semen

Reproductive Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-54

  Ansari, Muhammad S ^a   Rakha, Bushra A ^a   Andrabi, Syed M H ^a   Akhter, Shamim ^a  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Buffalo bull spermatozoa; Cryopreservation; Straw size; Thawing time

Indexed keywords

BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 79954527812     PISSN: 1642431X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1642-431X(12)60063-1     Document Type: Article

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