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The Collection of Spermatozoa from the Domestic Fowl and Turkey

W. H. Burrows, +1 more
- 01 Jan 1937 - 
- Vol. 16, Iss: 1, pp 19-24
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A number of methods for obtaining semen from the fowl have been described, including mating a cock to a hen and immediately securing the fluid from the cloaca of the hen.
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Effect of Permeable Cryoprotectants and Dextran in Cryopreserving Semen of Broiler Breeder Lines

TL;DR: In this article , permeable cryoprotectants and dextran were evaluated in broiler breeder semen for post-thaw fertility in PB-2 breeder.

Biotechnological applications in poultry: an approach to the nutritional foods conventional.

TL;DR: How biotechnology, applied in the diet ingredients, participated in the development of poultry nutrition and is, even today, working to enable high production rates achieved by the production is demonstrated.
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Effect of semen parameters on duration of fertility in layer breeder chicken.

TL;DR: The results of this study indicated that though there were differences in semen quality between the lines it did not influence the duration of fertility.
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A Method of Obtaining Spermatozoa from the Domestic Fowl

W. H. Burrows, +1 more
- 01 Jul 1935 - 
TL;DR: The method presented in this paper consists of a manual elicitation of an ejaculatory response which is undoubtedly reflex in nature and can be obtained in a short period of time.
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Selective Fertilization in Fowls

L. C. Dunn
- 01 Jun 1927 - 
TL;DR: An attempt was made to find out whether there was any selective preference in the union of sperm and egg cells in poultry, and it was found that self-fertilization was more effective or easier to make than cross fertilization.
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The Influence of Certain Feeds Upon the Production of Spermatozoa by the Domestic Chicken

TL;DR: Experimental studies pertaining to the factors which may influence fertility in poultry have been limited to hatchability thus far, and for obvious reasons such studies have been confined to the female.
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A study of the spermatozoon of the fowl, with particular reference to osmiophilic bodies in the sperm head

TL;DR: The purpose of this study was to learn something of the nature of the bead‐like bodies which occur in the head of the sperm of the fowl since it was found in a previous study that they are apparently affected in a characteristic manner by vitamin E deficiency.
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