Effectiveness of two systems for transporting equine semen

Theriogenology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 833-839

  Malmgren, Lena ^a  

^a Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Equine; Plasma membrane integrity; Semen; Sperm motility; Storage; Transport system

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL MEMBRANE; COLD; CONCEPTION; HORSE; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RELIABILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; COLD; HORSES; MALE; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0032532116     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00188-5     Document Type: Article

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