Effect of Cryopreservation Methods and Precryopreservation Storage on Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Spermatozoa

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1340-1348

  Robeck, Todd R ^a   O'Brien, J K ^b  

^a SeaWorld Texas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Gamete biology; Male sexual function; Sperm; Testis

Indexed keywords

2 [TRIS(HYDROXYMETHYL)METHYLAMINO]ETHANESULFONIC ACID; 4 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINEETHANESULFONIC ACID; BALANCED SALT SOLUTION; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; GLUCOSE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DILUTION; DOLPHIN; EGG YOLK; EJACULATION; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENT; FREEZING; KINETICS; LIQUID; MALE; MILK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STANDARD; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TECHNIQUE; THAWING; TIME; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOLPHINS; EJACULATION; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 1942508895     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.025304     Document Type: Article

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