Fertility of ram spermatozoa pellet-frozen in zwitterion-buffered diluents

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-29

  Molinia, F C ^a,b   Evans, G ^a   Maxwell, W M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fertility; Frozen thawed ram spermatozoa; Zwitterion diluent

Indexed keywords

4 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINEETHANESULFONIC ACID; AMPHOLYTE; CITRIC ACID; TROMETAMOL;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; FEMALE; FREEZING; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THAWING;

EID: 0029996437     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:19960102     Document Type: Article

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