Effects of calcium and bicarbonate on head-to-head agglutination in ejaculated boar spermatozoa

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 445-450

  Harayama, Hiroshi ^a   Miyake, Masashi ^a   Shidara, Osamu ^b   Iwamoto, Eiji ^b   Kato, Seishiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Agriculture   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capacitation; Sperm association

Indexed keywords

4 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINEETHANESULFONIC ACID; BICARBONATE; BUFFER; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EGTAZIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; RUTHENIUM RED;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIEMSA STAIN; INCUBATOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BUFFERS; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHELATING AGENTS; COLORING AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EGTAZIC ACID; HEPES; MALE; RUTHENIUM RED; SODIUM BICARBONATE; SPERM AGGLUTINATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032469166     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD98124     Document Type: Article

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