In-vitro sperm penetration in polyacrylamide gel to assess frozen semen

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 438-440

  Kumar, Ranil ^a   Devanathan, T G ^a,b  

^a MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

^b VETERINARY COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical mucus; Effect of storage; In vitro sperm penetration; Polyacrylamide gel (PAG)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040577148     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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