Cryopreservation of Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) epididymal spermatozoa: Effects of egg yolk, glycerol and cooling rate

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1931-1942

  Fernandez Santos M R ^a,b   Esteso, M C ^a,b   Montoro, V ^a   Soler, A J ^a   Garde, J J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryoprotectants; Epididymal spermatozoa; Postmortem recovery; Red deer

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GLYCEROL;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; DEER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EGG YOLK; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DEER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EGG YOLK; EPIDIDYMIS; GLYCEROL; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS HISPANICUS;

EID: 33749448147     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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