Birth of live Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica hispanica) derived from artificial insemination with epididymal spermatozoa retrieved after death

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 283-291

  Santiago Moreno, Julián ^a   Toledano Díaz, Adolfo ^a   Pulido Pastor, Antonio ^b   Gómez Brunet, Amelia ^a   López Sebastián, Antonio ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b Junta de Andalucía ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Cryopreservation; Epididymal sperm; Ibex; Postmortem recovery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOAT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; TIME; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRYOPRESERVATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GOATS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA PYRENAICA;

EID: 33745509221     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.11.012     Document Type: Article

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