Seasonal influence on semen traits and freezability from locally adapted Curraleiro bulls

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 56-61

  Teixeira, H C A ^a,b   Nascimento, N V ^a   McManus, C ^b,c   Egito, A A ^a   Mariante, A da S ^a,b   Ramos, A F ^a,b  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Andrology; Bulls; Conservation; Cryopreservation; Genetic resources; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREEDING; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; BREEDING; CATTLE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; SEASONS; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 79958203727     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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