Can spermatozoa with abnormal heads gain access to the ovum in artificially inseminated super- and single-ovulating cattle?

Theriogenology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 117-128

  Saacke, R G ^a   DeJarnette, J M ^a   Bame, J H ^a   Karabinus, D S ^a   Whitman, S S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal spermatozoa; Accessory spermatozoa; Sperm transport

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; SPERM HEAD; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0032128221     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00119-8     Document Type: Article

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