Assessment of ram sperm membrane integrity following different thawing procedures

Theriogenology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1115-1125

  Soderquist L ^a   Madrid Bury, N ^a,b   Rodriguez Martinez, H ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

AI; Fluorescence; Frozen thawed spermatozoa; Membrane integrity; Mini straws; Ram

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENCE; FREEZING; MALE; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THAWING;

EID: 0345267169     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00344-0     Document Type: Article

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