Standardization of sample preparation, staining and sampling methods for automated sperm head morphometry analysis of boar spermatozoa

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 553-563

  Garcia Herreros M ^a   Aparicio, I M ^a   Baron F J ^b   Garcia Marin L J ^a   Gil, M C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c Faculty of Veterinary Sciences   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automated sperm morphometry analysis; Boar; Morphometry; Sperm morphology; Staining procedures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STAINING; SWINE;

ANIMALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM COUNT; SPERM HEAD; SPERMATOZOA; STAINING AND LABELING; SWINE;

EID: 33748447135     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2006.00696.x     Document Type: Article

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