Sperm morphology and preparation method affect bovine embryonic development

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 554-563

  Walters, Anneke H ^a   Eyestone, Willard E ^a   Saacke, Richard G ^a   Pearson, Ronald E ^a   Gwazdauskas, Francis C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal spermatozoa; In vitro fertilization; Percoll; Swim up; Thermal insult

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM PRESERVATION;

EID: 3042708180     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2004.tb02826.x     Document Type: Article

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