The measurement of sperm motility and factors affecting sperm quality in cultured fish

Aquaculture

Volumn 234, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 1-28

  Rurangwa, E ^a   Kime, D E ^b   Ollevier, F ^a   Nash, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer assisted sperm analysis (CASA); Sperm; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

FISH CULTURE; SPERM;

AVES; MAMMALIA; TELEOST FISH; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 1842834129     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2003.12.006     Document Type: Review

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