Migration of bovine spermatozoa in a synthetic medium and its relation to in vivo bull fertility

Theriogenology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1027-1037

  Verberckmoes, S ^a   Van Soom, A ^a   De Pauw, I ^a   Dewulf, J ^a   De Kruif, A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bovine; Fertility; Migration; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

METHYLCELLULOSE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILITY; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MATING; NONHUMAN; PH; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; METHYLCELLULOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SOLUTIONS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 0036707578     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)00931-7     Document Type: Article

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