The influence of centrifugation on quality and freezability of stallion semen;Einfluss der zentrifugationsmethode auf die qualität und kryokonservierung von hengstsamen

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 285-293

  Weiss, S ^a,c   Janett, F ^b   Burger, D ^a   Hassig M ^b   Thun, R ^b  

^a Nationalgestüt   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Haras National   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Centrifugation; Cryopreservation; Semen quality; Stallion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; EVALUATION; FREEZING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; SPERM; STALLION; THAWING;

EID: 3042655426     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.146.6.285     Document Type: Article

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