Effects of glutamine on post-thaw motility of stallion spermatozoa: An approach of the mechanism of action at spermatozoa level

Theriogenology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 138-149

  Khlifaoui, Maissa ^a   Battut, Isabelle ^a   Bruyas, Jean François ^a   Chatagnon, Gerard ^a   Trimeche, Abdesselame ^b   Tainturier, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

^b Ecole Nationale de Medecine Veterinaire   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Glutamine; Kinetic; Radioactivity; Spermatozoa; Stallion

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; GLYCEROL; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; HEAT; HORSE; KINETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; GLUTAMINE; GLYCEROL; HEAT; HORSES; KINETICS; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TRITIUM;

EID: 10344220018     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.04.012     Document Type: Article

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