Cryopreservation of spermatozoa from wild-born Namibian cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) and influence of glycerol on cryosurvival

Cryobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-181

  Crosier, Adrienne E ^a,b   Pukazhenthi, Budhan S ^a   Henghali, Josephine N ^b   Howard, Jogayle ^a   Dickman, Amy J ^b   Marker, Laurie ^b   Wildt, David E ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Cheetah; Cryoprotectant; Genome resource banking; Glycerol; Semen; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; LIQUID NITROGEN;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEETAH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FREEZING; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NAMIBIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TEMPERATURE; THAWING; VAPOR; WILDLIFE;

ACINONYX; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; GLYCEROL; MALE; NAMIBIA; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644811574     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

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