Efficacy of sperm mobility assessment in commercial flocks and the relationships of sperm mobility and insemination dose with fertility in turkeys.

@article{King2000EfficacyOS,
  title={Efficacy of sperm mobility assessment in commercial flocks and the relationships of sperm mobility and insemination dose with fertility in turkeys.},
  author={Laura M. King and JOHN D. Kirby and David Paul Froman and Tad S. Sonstegard and David E. Harry and J R Darden and Paul J. Marini and R. M. Walker and Michelle L. Rhoads and Ann M. Donoghue},
  journal={Poultry science},
  year={2000},
  volume={79 12},
  pages={
          1797-802
        },
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:3649305}
}
It is demonstrated that the Sperm Mobility Test can be used for on-farm evaluation of semen quality of toms in commercial flocks and that sperm mobility influences fertility and sire fitness.
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