The effect of cryopreservation on the survivability, viability and motility of epididymal African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) spermatozoa

Theriogenology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1241-1249

  Lambrechts, H ^a,d   Van Niekerk, F E ^a   Coetzer, W A ^a   Cloete, S W P ^b   Van Der Horst, G ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Elsenburg Agricultural Development Institute   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d Klein Karoo International   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African buffalo; Cryopreservation; Epididymal spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CRYOPRESERVATION; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0033231624     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00201-0     Document Type: Article

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