Post-thaw survival of ram spermatozoa and fertility after insemination as affected by prefreezing sperm concentration and extender composition

Theriogenology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1159-1170

  D'Alessandro, A G ^a   Martemucci, G ^b   Colonna, M A ^c   Bellitti, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extender; Fertility; Ram semen; Sperm concentration; Viability

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; FRUCTOSE; LACTOSE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FREEZING; LAMB; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THAWING;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FRUCTOSE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTOSE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

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EID: 0035868131     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(01)00474-5     Document Type: Article

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