Choice of operating conditions to minimize sperm subpopulation sampling bias in the assessment of boar semen by computer-assisted semen analysis

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 587-596

  Holt, Clare ^a   Holt, W V ^a   Moore, H D M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CASA; computer semen analysis; pig; semen evaluation; tracking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES; FERTILITY; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

EID: 0029807022     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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