Factors affecting fertility after cervical insemination with cooled semen in meat sheep

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 132, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 139-144

  Palacin I ^a   Yaniz J L ^a   Fantova, E ^b   Blasco, M E ^b   Quintin Casorran F J ^c   Sevilla Mur, E ^c   Santolaria, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UPRA Grupo Pastores   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y TECNOLOGÍA AGROALIMENTARIA DE ARAGÓN CITA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cervical insemination; Epidemiology; Fertility; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COLD; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SPERM PRESERVATION; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES; RASA ARAGONESA;

EID: 84863213061     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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