Determination of acrosin activity of boar spermatozoa by the clinical method: Optimization of the assay and changes during short-term storage of semen

Theriogenology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 861-872

  Glogowski, J ^a   Demianowicz, W ^a   Piros, B ^a   Ciereszko, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acrosin; Acrosome; Boar; Sperm motility; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; ENZYME PRECURSOR; OCTOXINOL;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ACROSIN; ANIMALS; MALE; OCTOXYNOL; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032532709     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00191-5     Document Type: Article

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