Effects of season, Age, And breed on semen characteristics in different Bos taurus breeds in a 31-year retrospective study

Theriogenology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 847-852

  Snoj, T ^a   Kobal, S ^a   Majdic, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Age; Breed; Bull; Season; Semen characteristics

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

BOS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 84874288042     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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