Sperm chromatin stability in frozen-thawed semen is maintained over age in AI bulls

Theriogenology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1752-1763

  Hallap, Triin ^a,c   Nagy, Szabolcs ^a,b,d   Håård, Margareta ^e   Jaakma, Ülle ^c   Johannisson, Anders ^b   Rodriguez Martinez, Heriberto ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^d SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e Svensk Avel   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bull; Chromatin stability; Fertility; Frozen semen; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 14744280976     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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