Assessment of sperm quality parameters of six bulls showing different abilities to promote embryo development in vitro

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-402

  Alomar, M ^a,b   Mahieu, J ^a   Verhaeghe, B ^a   Defoin, L ^a   Donnay, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Computer aided sperm analysis; Fertilisation

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL SEPARATION; CELL VIABILITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN VITRO STUDY; INCIDENCE; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; POLYSPERMY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; POVIDONE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 31944438782     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD05132     Document Type: Article

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