Influence of the freezing technique (nitrogen liquid vs ultrafreezer of -152°C) and male-to-male variation over the semen quality in Canarian Mastiff breed dogs

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 423-428

  Batista, M ^a,b   Alamo, D ^a   Gonzalez F ^a   Cruz, M G ^a   Gracia, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Veterinaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOGS; GLYCEROL; MALE; NITROGEN; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33748761628     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2006.00687.x     Document Type: Article

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