In vitro fertility and motility characteristics of frozen-thawed boar epididymal spermatozoa separated by Percoll

Theriogenology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1481-1494

  Suzuki, K ^a,b   Nagai, T ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boar epididymal spermatozoa; IVF; Motility analysis; Percoll separation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141959815     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(03)00115-8     Document Type: Article

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