The integrity of sperm chromatin in young tropical composite bulls

Theriogenology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Fortes, M R S ^a,b   Holroyd, R G ^a,c   Reverter, A ^a,d   Venus, B K ^a,e   Satake, N ^b   Boe Hansen, G B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e Ecoscience Precinct ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Bovine puberty; Semen analysis; Sperm chromatin fragmentation; Sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

EID: 84862317666     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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