The current value of frozen-thawed boar semen for commercial companies

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 4-6

  Knox, R V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FREEZING; GENE TRANSFER; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FREEZING; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

SUIDAE;

EID: 80052230627     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2011.01822.x     Document Type: Article

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