Storage of fresh bovine semen in a diluent based on the ionic composition of cauda epididymal plasma

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 410-416

  Verberckmoes, S ^a   Van Soom, A ^a   Dewulf, J ^a   De Pauw, I ^a   De Kruif, A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; POLYOL; SORBITOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG YOLK; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OSMOLARITY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EGG YOLK; EPIDIDYMIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POLYMERS; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SOLUTIONS; SORBITOL; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 11144292771     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2004.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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