Effect of age and season on semen quality parameters in Sahiwal bulls

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1161-1168

  Bhakat, Mukesh ^a   Mohanty, T K ^b   Raina, V S ^b   Gupta, A K ^b   Khan, H M ^c   Mahapatra, R K ^d   Sarkar, M ^d  

^a Uttar Pradesh Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go Anusandhan Sansthan   (India)

^b NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c SHER E KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^d INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Age; Period; Sahiwal; Season; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; INDIA; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TEMPERATURE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; INDIA; MALE; PEDIGREE; SEASONS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79959231320     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-9817-1     Document Type: Article

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