Antisperm Antibodies in Blood Sera of Bulls and Correlations with Age, Breed and Ejaculate Quality

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 303-308

  Zraly Z ^a   Bendova J ^a   Diblikova I ^a   Svecova D ^a   Kummer, V ^a   Maskova J ^a   Veznik Z ^a  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Cattle; Enzyme like immunoassay; Fertility; Sperm; Spermatoanalysis; Testis

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; SPERM ANTIBODY;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREED; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS BREEDING; DILUTION; EJACULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEATING; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REARING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SERUM; SPERM; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0038217197     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200271030303     Document Type: Article

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