Bacteriology of preserved stallion semen and antibiotics in semen extenders

Theriogenology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 559-573

  Varner, D D ^a   Scanlan, C M ^b   Thompson, J A ^a   Brumbaugh, G W ^b   Blanchard, T L ^a   Carlton, C M ^b   Johnson, L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacteriology; Equine; Semen extender; Spermatozoa; Spermatozoal motility

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTIOFUR; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G POTASSIUM; PENICILLIN G SODIUM; POLYMYXIN B; STREPTOMYCIN; TICARCILLIN; TIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HORSE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

AMIKACIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLAVULANIC ACID; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GENTAMICINS; HORSES; MALE; PENICILLINS; POLYMYXIN B; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; STREPTOMYCIN; TICARCILLIN;

EID: 0032170902     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00161-7     Document Type: Article

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