Effects of Thawing Procedure on Postthawed In Vitro Viability and In Vivo Fertility of Red Deer Epididymal Spermatozoa Cryopreserved at -196°C

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 746-756

  Soler, Ana J ^a   García, Andrés J ^a,b   Fernández Santos, María R ^a   Esteso, Milagros C ^a   Garde, José Julián ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c Campus Universitario ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus hispanicus; Freezing; Membrane integrity; Postmortem; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EGG YOLK; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED DEER; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THAWING; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD; CYTOLOGY; DEER; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEER; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILITY; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0642281855     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2003.tb02737.x     Document Type: Article

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