Post-mortem semen cryopreservation and characterization in two different endangered gazelle species (Gazella gazella and Gazella dorcas) and one subspecies (Gazella gazelle acaiae)

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 775-784

  Saragusty, Joseph ^a,b   Gacitua, Haim ^b   King, Roni ^c   Arav, Amir ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c Israel Nature and Parks Authority and Israel Electric Corporation   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Epididymal sperm; Gazelle; Genome resource bank (GRB); Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

GAZELLA; GAZELLA DORCAS; GAZELLA GAZELLA;

EID: 33746912745     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.01.055     Document Type: Article

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