The precision and accuracy of six different methods to determine sperm concentration

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 257-262

  Prathalingam, Nilendran S ^a,b   Holt, William W ^b   Revell, Stuart G ^c   Jones, Sian ^c   Watson, Paul F ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Genus Breeding Ltd Ruthin   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytometry; Hemocytometry; Microcells; Plate reader; Spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST; COW; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT PLATE READER; HEMACYTOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MICROCELL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TECHNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EJACULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33644505835     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.05112     Document Type: Article

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