Intracytoplasmic sperm injection in cattle

In Vitro Fertilization

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 35-63

  Hochi, Shinichi ^a   Abdalla, Hany ^a,b   Hirabayashi, Masumi ^c  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

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