Sperm motility patterns and metabolism in Catalonian donkey semen

Theriogenology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1706-1716

  Miro J ^a   Lobo, V ^a   Quintero Moreno, A ^a,b   Medrano, A ^a   Pena A ^a   Rigau, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Donkey spermatozoa; L lactate production; Motility pattern; Sperm subpopulations

Indexed keywords

EQUUS ASINUS; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 14744279934     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.07.022     Document Type: Article

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