Changes in Semen Quality and in Vitro Sperm Capacitation during Various Frequencies of Semen Collection in Dogs with Both Asthenozoospermia and Teratozoospermia

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 607-614

  Kawakami, Eiichi ^a   Hori, Tatsuya ^a   Tsutsui, Toshihiko ^a  

^a NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthenozoospermia; Canine; Frequent semen collection; Teratozoospermia

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

TESTOSTERONE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VAS DEFERENS;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0032061135     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.60.607     Document Type: Article

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