Influence of boar and semen parameters on motility and acrosome integrity in liquid boar semen stored for five days

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-55

  Kommisrud, E ^a,c   Paulenz, H ^b   Sehested, E ^a,c   Grevle, I S ^a  

^a Norwegian Pig Breeders Association   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c GENO Breeding and AI Association   (Norway)

Author keywords

Longtime storage; Sperm concentration

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE; TIME;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036043219     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-43-49     Document Type: Article

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