In vitro characteristics of fresh and frozen-thawed ram spermatozoa after sex sorting and re-freezing

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 867-874

  De Graaf, S P ^a   Evans, G ^a   Maxwell, W M C ^a   O'Brien, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZE THAWING; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CERVIX MUCUS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SEX PRESELECTION; SHEEP; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33751321911     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD06061     Document Type: Conference Paper

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