Assessment of sperm quality through fluorometry and sperm chromatin structure assay in relation to field fertility of frozen-thawed semen from Swedish AI bulls

Theriogenology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 947-961

  Januskauskas, A ^a,b   Johannisson, A ^a   Rodriguez Martinez, H ^a,c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Lithuanian Veterinary Academy   (Lithuania)

^c Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bulls; Chromatin structure; Fertility; Fluorometry; Frozen semen; Semen viability

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA DENATURATION; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUOROMETRY; FREEZING; HEAT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THAWING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEAT; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0035281014     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(01)00456-3     Document Type: Article

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