In vitro fertilization of porcine oocytes with fresh and frozen-thawed ejaculated or frozen-thawed epididymal semen obtained from identical boars

Theriogenology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 785-793

  Rath, D ^a   Niemann, H ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR TIERZUCHT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep freezing; Ejaculate; Epididymal spermatozoa; IVF; Porcine semen

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED RIPENING; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; SWINE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0031422101     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00034-4     Document Type: Article

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