Morphometry of normal and teratozoospermic canine sperm heads using an image analyzer work in progress

Theriogenology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 687-698

  Dahlbom, M ^a   Andersson, M ^a   Vierula, M ^b   Alanko, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dog; Image analyzer; Infertility; Sperm morphology; Teratozoospermia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DOG; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031419632     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00284-7     Document Type: Article

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