Relationship between the proportion of capacitated spermatozoa present in frozen-thawed bull semen and fertility with artificial insemination

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 366-373

  Thundathil, J ^a   Gil, J ^b   Januskauskas, A ^b   Larsson, B ^b   Soderquist, L ^b   Mapletoft, R ^a   Rodriguez Martinez, Heriberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Bull semen; Fertility; Premature capacitation

Indexed keywords

CHLORTETRACYCLINE; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; THAWING; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0032786682     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.1999.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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