Survival rate and antioxidant enzyme activity of ram spermatozoa after dilution with different extenders or selection by a dextran swim-up procedure

Theriogenology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1025-1037

  Marti J I ^a   Marti E ^a   Cebrian Perez J A ^a   Muino Blanco T ^a  

^a Lab Genet Bioquim Grupos S   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Spermatozoa; Swim up

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043286432     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(03)00105-5     Document Type: Article

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