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Filtering by: Creator Wanser, Shelby H. Academic Affiliation Animal Sciences Decade 1980-1989

Flow cytometric evaluation of spermatozoan nuclear chromatin structure and viability

Creator:

Ballachey, Brenda Elizabeth

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I. Frozen bovine semen samples were measured by flow cytometry (FCM) to determine if FCM analyses could be useful for sperm quality evaluation and prediction of bull fertility. Fluorescent dyes utilized were acridine orange, to measure sperm nuclear chromatin heterogeneity by quantifying susceptibility of the chromatin to denaturation, and rhodamine...

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Dissertation

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, H. Meyer and D. Thomas. Thanks must be extended to my fellow students and co-workers who have
Evaluation of responses to selection and association among specific traits in three populations of swine

Creator:

Smith, Edward J. M. S.

Abstract:

Oregon State University swine herd records of 456 litters farrowed between 1962-73 in three populations were analyzed on a generation basis to compare changes in performance of a Composite population to parental Berkshire and Yorkshire breeds. Analysis was performed in six discrete and overlapping generations on backfat thickness, loin eye...

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Masters Thesis

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parity effect. Fi is the effect of the ith farrowing season (i=fall, spring). is the effect of i t h