Effects of 17β-oestradiol or oestrous stage-specific cow serum on the ability of bovine oviductal epithelial cell monolayers to prolong the viability of bull spermatozoa

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-14

  Boquest, A C ^a   Summers, P M ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bull spermatozoa; Cattle; Oviduct cell monolayers

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; COCULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FETUS; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; TIME; UTERINE TUBE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FETUS; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033621198     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(99)00052-4     Document Type: Article

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