Sensitivity of domestic cat (Felis catus) sperm from normospermic versus teratospermic donors to cold-induced acrosomal damage

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 135-141

  Pukazhenthi, Budhan ^a   Pelican, Katharine ^a   Wildt, David ^a   Howard, JoGayle ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEANUT AGGLUTININ;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COLD INJURY; EJACULATION; MALE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THAWING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CATS; CELL MEMBRANE; FREEZING; KINETICS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0032985936     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod61.1.135     Document Type: Article

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