In vitro and xenogenous capacitation-like changes of fresh, cooled, and cryopreserved stallion sperm as assessed by a chlortetracycline stain

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-52

  Parker, Nikola A ^a   Bailey, Thomas L ^a   Bowen, John M ^a   Ley, William B ^a   Purswell, Beverly J ^a   Dascanio, John J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitation; Equine; Estrous; Ewe; Heparin

Indexed keywords

CHLORTETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRUS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HORSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; COLD; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HORSES; MALE; SHEEP; SPERM CAPACITATION; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0033959527     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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