The effect of ascorbic acid on the freezability of ram semen diluted with extenders containing different proportions of glycerol

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 893-899

  Sönmez, Mustafa ^a   Demirci, Eşref ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Freezing; Glycerol; Ram; Semen

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; LIQUID NITROGEN;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DILUTION; FRANCE; FREEZING; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRAW; TEMPERATURE; THAWING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 11844258862     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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