Storage of cane toad (Bufo marinus) sperm for 6 days at 0°C with subsequent cryopreservation

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 267-273

  Browne, R K ^a   Davis, J ^a   Pomering, M ^a   Clulow, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Frog; Short term storage

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DILUENT; GLYCEROL; RINGER SOLUTION; SUCROSE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL SUSPENSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TOAD; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; ARUNDINARIA; BUFO; BUFO MARINUS;

ANIMALS; BUFO MARINUS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GLYCEROL; MALE; SOLUTIONS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SUCROSE;

EID: 1842867895     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD01045     Document Type: Article

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