The effects of the cervix on the transport of morphologically abnormal spermatozoa in the female bovine

Two studies were conducted to investigate the role of the bovine cervix in filtering abnormal sperm. ln Study 1, semen containing high levels of abnormal sperm was vaginally deposited in 12 cows 80 hours after prostaglandin F₂α treatment. At slaughter, 4-, 8- or 12 hours post-insemination, sperm wer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Karabinus, David Scott
Other Authors: Animal Science
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54335