Cryopreservation of Ram Semen Facilitates Sperm DNA Damage: Relationship between Sperm Andrological Parameters and the Sperm Chromatin Structure Assay

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 224-233

  Peris, Soliman I ^a   Morrier, Ariane ^a   Dufour, Maurice ^b   Bailey, Janice L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Chlortetracycline; Motility; SCSA; Semen quality; Viability

Indexed keywords

CHLORTETRACYCLINE; DNA;

ANDROLOGY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DENATURATION; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 1242320223     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2004.tb02782.x     Document Type: Article

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