Epididymal sperm from the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) can be frozen successfully with AndroMed® and with Triladyl™ but the addition of bovine seminal plasma is detrimental

Theriogenology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 715-724

  Herold, F C ^a,c   Aurich, J E ^b   Gerber, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

African buffalo; Cryopreservation; Epididymal spermatozoa; Seminal plasma

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; BUBALUS; SYNCERUS CAFFER;

EID: 0442314401     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(03)00256-5     Document Type: Article

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