Relationship between sperm motility, morphology and the fertility of stallions

Theriogenology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 547-557

  Love, C C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Morphology; Motility; Sperm; Stallion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORSE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORSES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 79959827012     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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