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Relationship between quality parameters and fertilizing ability of cryopreserved sexed bull sperm

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|Oct 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2022-0046 | Journal eISSN: 2300-8733 | Journal ISSN: 1642-3402
Language: English
Page range: 1257 - 1263
Submitted on: Mar 9, 2022
Accepted on: Jun 1, 2022
Published on: Oct 29, 2022
Published by: National Research Institute of Animal Production
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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