Correlation between clusterin-positive spermatozoa determined by flow cytometry in bull semen and fertility

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 887-894

  Ibrahim, N M ^a   Gilbert, G R ^a   Loseth, K J ^a   Crabo, B G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clusterin; Nonreturn rate; Semen evaluation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CLUSTERIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONCEPTION; FERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; CLUSTERIN; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLYCOPROTEINS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0033764651     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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