Assessing equine sperm-membrane integrity

Andrologia

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 163-167

  Lagares, M A ^a   Petzoldt, R ^b   Sieme, H ^c   Klug, E ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Dept of Gen Ecol of the B ^*  (Germany)

^c Ctrl Equine Artif Insemin C   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Equine semen; Hypo osmotic swelling test; Plasma membrane; Spermatocrit; Stallion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HORSE; NONHUMAN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; HORSES; MALE; OSMOSIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0034048071     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.2000.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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