Detection of calcium ionophore induced membrane changes in dog sperm as a simple method to predict the cryopreservability of dog semen

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 289-298

  Szasz F ^a,b   Sirivaidyapong, S ^a   Cheng, F P ^a   Voorhout, W F ^a   Marks, A ^a   Colenbrander, B ^a   Solti, L ^b   Gadella, B M ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Dog sperm; Ionophore test; Membrane damage; Motility

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM IONOPHORE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOG; EJACULATION; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILIZATION; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VITAL STAIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOGS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IONOPHORES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0343067102     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(200003)55:3<289::AID-MRD7>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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