Assessment of boar semen quality in relation to fertility with special reference to methanol stress

Theriogenology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 739-747

  Sutkeviciene, Neringa ^a   Andersson, Maria A ^b   Zilinskas, Henrikas ^a   Andersson, Magnus ^b  

^a Lithuanian Veterinary Academy   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boars; Fertility; Methanol stress; Plasma membrane integrity; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

BISBENZIMIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; METHANOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BISBENZIMIDE; CELL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; METHANOL; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 11344295988     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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