Short-duration insemination with frozen semen increases fertility rate in nulliparous dairy goats

Standard artificial insemination (AI) using a speculum in dairy goats does not result in acceptable fertility rates in nulliparous does. An explanation might be the difficulties to pass the cervical canal in nulliparous females with the insemination gun, increasing the time needed for semen depositi...

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Main Authors: E. Houdeau, V. Furstoss, Y. Forgerit, J.L. Bonné, B. Leboeuf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731108002425