Evaluation of sperm damage and techniques for sperm clean-up

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 297-308

  Rodriguez Martinez, H ^a   Larsson, B ^a   Pertoft, H ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bull semen; IVF; sperm separation; sperm viability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; BULL; CELL DAMAGE; CELL SEPARATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; SPERM; SPERM SEPARATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THAWING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HYALURONIC ACID; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030792689     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/R96081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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