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Use of Novel Methods to Assess Seasonal Differences in the Quality of Boar Semen Stored Up to 7 Days at 17°C

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|Oct 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2019-0035 | Journal eISSN: 2300-8733 | Journal ISSN: 1642-3402
Language: English
Page range: 967 - 978
Submitted on: Sep 20, 2018
Accepted on: May 16, 2019
Published on: Oct 30, 2019
Published by: National Research Institute of Animal Production
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year

© 2019 Barbara Szczęśniak-Fabiańczyk, Michał Bochenek, Piotr Gogol, Monika Trzcińska, Magdalena Bryła, Zdzisław Smorąg, published by National Research Institute of Animal Production
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