Enrichment of high-quality spermatozoa in bovine semen: Relative effectiveness of three filtration matrixes

Andrologia

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 143-150

  Cisale, H O ^a   Fischman, M L ^a   Blasi, C D ^a   Fernandez, H A ^a   Gledhill, B L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bull; Column filtration; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; EOSIN; GLASS; HYPOTONIC SOLUTION; MICROSPHERE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; FILTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SIZE; COLORING AGENTS; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); FILTRATION; GLASS; HYPOTONIC SOLUTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICROSPHERES; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0035350210     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.2001.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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