Seasonal variation of sex hormones and semen quality in Simental bulls
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aspr-2025-0019 | Journal eISSN: 2300-8342
Language: English
Page range: 273 - 282
Accepted on: Feb 28, 2025
Published on: Oct 7, 2025
Published by: Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
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