Effects of transport container and ambient storage temperature on motion characteristics of equine spermatozoa

Theriogenology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1641-1655

  Brinsko, S P ^a   Rowan, K R ^a   Varner, D D ^a   Blanchard, T L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motility; Spermatozoa; Stallion; Temperature; Transport container

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; HORSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PACKAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; HORSES; MALE; PRODUCT PACKAGING; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0034194782     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(00)00304-6     Document Type: Article

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