Semen dilution for assessment of boar ejaculate quality in pig IVM and IVF systems

Theriogenology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1325-1337

  Xu, X ^a   Seth, P C ^b   Harbison, D S ^b   Cheung, A P ^a   Foxcroft, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Box 3310   (Canada)

Author keywords

IVF; Pig; Polyspermy; Semen quality; Serial dilution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; POLYSPERMY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; SWINE; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030322552     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(96)00313-5     Document Type: Article

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