Commentary Open Access
Volume 1 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/reproductivemed.1.001
The physiology of seminal plasma proteins in the equine female reproductive tract
Mats H.T. Troedsson1,*, Andria L. Doty2, Carleigh E. Fedorka3
- 1Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY, 40546, USA
- 2Parse Biosciences, 201 Elliott Ave W #210, Seattle, WA, 98119, USA
- 3Department of Animal Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80521, USA
Corresponding Author
Mats H.T. Troedsson, m.troedsson@uky.edu
Received Date: May 23, 2024
Accepted Date: June 14, 2024
Troedsson MHT, Doty AL, Fedorka CE. The physiology of seminal plasma proteins in the equine female reproductive tract. J Clin Exp Reprod Med. 2024;1(1):1-7.
Copyright: © 2024 Troedsson MHT, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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