Effect of the knobbed acrosome defect in bovine sperm on IVF and embryo production

Theriogenology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 921-934

  Thundathil, J ^a   Meyer, R ^a   Palasz, A T ^a   Barth, A D ^a   Mapletoft, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bull; Fertility; IVF; Knobbed acrosome; Semen; Sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

ACETO ORCEIN; ACETO-ORCEIN; DYE; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BLASTOCYTE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; STATISTICS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; FALLOPIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034302044     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(00)00402-7     Document Type: Article

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