Gonadotropin exposure, salt storage and storage duration affect penetration of domestic cat oocytes by homologous spermatozoa

Theriogenology

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1503-1513

  Herrick, J R ^a   Swanson, W F ^a  

^a Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden   (United States)

Author keywords

Felidae; Sperm function test; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; INORGANIC SALT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TIME; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CATS; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; MALE; OOCYTES; SALTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; TIME FACTORS; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0037399571     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01203-7     Document Type: Article

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