Effect of cryopreservation and theophylline on motility characteristics of Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) spermatozoa

Theriogenology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 665-672

  Ciereszko, A ^a,c   Toth, G P ^b   Christ, S A ^b   Dabrowski, K ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acrosin; Crypreservation; Fish; Sperm motility; Sturgeon; Theophylline

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS;

EID: 0000150074     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0093-691X(95)00412-2     Document Type: Article

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