Effect of relaxin on motility, acrosome reaction and viability of cryopreserved boar spermatozoa

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-220

  Miah, Abdul Gaffar ^a   Hossain, M D Sharoare ^a   Tareq, K M A ^a   Salma, Ummay ^a   Hammano, Ko Ichi ^a   Kohsaka, Tetsuya ^b   Tsujii, Hirotada ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Cryopreserved boar spermatozoa; Incorporation of glucose; Relaxin; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; GLUCOSE; RELAXIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FISHER EXACT TEST; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE; THAWING;

EID: 33746929071     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: 14470578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0578.2006.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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