Membrane status of boar spermatozoa after cooling or cryopreservation

Theriogenology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-219

  Maxwell, W M C ^b   Johnson, L A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Boar spermatozoa; Cooling; Cryopreservation; Flow cytometry; Membrane status; Viability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE;

EID: 0031570812     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)84068-X     Document Type: Article

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