Reproduction in Pigs Using Frozen-Thawed Spermatozoa from Epididymis Stored at 4 C

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 345-350

  Kikuchi, Kazuhiro ^a,d   Kashiwazaki, Naomi ^a   Nagai, Takashi ^b   Noguchi, Junko ^a   Shimada, Arata ^c   Takahashi, Riichi ^a   Hirabayashi, Masumi ^b   Shino, Masao ^c   Ueda, Masatsugu ^c   Kaneko, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

^d YS New Technology Institute Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epididymal sperm; Fallopian insemination; Freezing; FVF ET; Genetic resource

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000322740     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.45.345     Document Type: Article

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