Development of a simple sperm cryopreservation model using a chemically defined medium and goat cauda epididymal spermatozoa

Cryobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-125

  Kundu, C N ^a   Chakraborty, J ^a   Dutta, P ^a   Bhattacharyya, D ^b   Ghosh, A ^c   Majumder, G C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Dimethyl sulfoxide; Ethylene glycol; Glycerol; Goat; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; LIQUID NITROGEN; RINGER SOLUTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0034107038     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.2000.2230     Document Type: Article

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