Semen characteristics of the captive Indian white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis)

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1039-1045

  Umapathy, Govindhaswamy ^a   Sontakke, Sadanand ^a   Reddy, Anuradha ^a   Ahmed, Shakeel ^a   Shivaji, S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Gamete biology; Sperm; Sperm motility and transport

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL CULTURE; CELL PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILUTION; EGG YOLK; GAMETE; GYPS BENGALENSIS; INDIAN WHITE BACKED VULTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; EJACULATION; FALCONIFORMES; FECES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; URINE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GYPS AFRICANUS; GYPS BENGALENSIS;

EID: 27144435102     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.105.043430     Document Type: Article

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