Sperm-lectin agglutination combined with swim-up leads to an efficient selection of highly motile, viable and heterogeneous ram spermatozoa

Theriogenology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 623-636

  Perez Pe R ^a   Marti J I ^a   Tejedor, A ^a   Muino Blanco T ^a   Cebrian Perez J A ^a  

^a Facultad de Veterinaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrophoresis; Plasma membrane proteins; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

LECTIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL VIABILITY; CENTRIFUGATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CENTRIFUGATION; LECTINS; MALE; SHEEP; SPERM AGGLUTINATION; SPERM MOTILITY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0033081132     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00015-1     Document Type: Article

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