Fertility of ram semen frozen in Bioexcell® and used for cervical artificial insemination

Theriogenology

Volumn 59, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 1157-1170

  Gil, J ^a,b   Rodriguez Irazoqui, M ^c   Lundeheim, N ^a   Soderquist L ^a   Rodriguez Martinez H ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b M C Rubino (DILAVE MGAP)   (Uruguay)

^c UDELAR   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Cervical AI; Extenders; Milk egg yolk; Sheep; Soy bean lecithin

Indexed keywords

CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; URUGUAY;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; URUGUAY;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0037357414     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01178-0     Document Type: Article

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