Determination of the diagnostic value of the resazurin reduction assay for evaluating boar semen by receiver operating characteristic analysis

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 343-348

  Zrimšek, Petra ^a   Kosec, Marjan ^a   Kunc, Janez ^a   Mrkun, Janko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cut off point selection; Porcine; Receiver operating characteristic analysis; Resazurin reduction assay; Semen

Indexed keywords

RESAZURIN;

ACCURACY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; MALE; OXAZINES; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; SWINE; XANTHENES;

EID: 33646023968     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2006.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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