Assessment of Ejaculate Quality and Sperm Characteristics in Turkeys: Sperm Mobility Phenotype is Independent of Time

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1711-1717

  Holsberger, D R ^a,b   Donoghue, A M ^a   Froman, D P ^c   Ottinger, M A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motility; Semen evaluation; Sperm; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TIME; TURKEY (BIRD); ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS; TURKEYS;

EID: 0032196556     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.11.1711     Document Type: Article

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