Objectively measured sperm motility and sperm head morphometry in boars (Sus scrofa): Relation to fertility and seminal plasma growth factors

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 104-110

  Hirai, Miyako ^a   Boersma, Auke ^a   Hoeflich, Andreas ^a   Wolf, Eckhard ^a   FÖll, JÜrgen ^b   AumÜller, Roland ^c   Braun, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Niederbayerische Besamungsgenossenschaft   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Semen parameters

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MALE; SEMEN; SPERM HEAD; SPERM MOTILITY; SWINE;

EID: 0035188832     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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