Pellet-freezing spermatozoa of two marsupials: The tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii, and the brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 681-684

  Molinia, F C ^a   Rodger, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCEROL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TEMPERATURE; THAWING;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0029802432     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD9960681     Document Type: Conference Paper

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