Spectrophotometric application of resazurin reduction assay to evaluate boar semen quality

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-62

  Zrimsek P ^a   Kunc, J ^a   Kosec, M ^a   Mrkun, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Boar semen; Diagnostic evaluation; Resazurin; Semen evaluation; Spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

BUTANOL; RESAZURIN; RESORUFIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; OXAZINES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEMEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPERM MOTILITY; SUS SCROFA; XANTHENES;

EID: 17444434439     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0105-6263.2003.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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