Assessment of bovine sperm viability by MTT reduction assay

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Aziz, D M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acrosome integrity; Bovine; Mitochondrial activity; MTT; Reduction test; Sperm viability

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; TETRAZOLIUM; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLYL BLUE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLORING AGENTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES;

BOVINAE;

EID: 31544457583     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2005.05.029     Document Type: Article

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