Extender osmolality and sugar supplementation exert a complex effect on the cryopreservation of Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) epididymal spermatozoa

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 738-753

  Fernandez Santos M R ^a,b   Martinez Pastor F ^a,c   Garcia Macias V ^c   Esteso, M C ^a,b   Soler, A J ^a   de Paz, P ^c   Anel, L ^c   Garde, J J ^a,b  

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

^b Instituto de Desarrollo Regional   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epididymal spermatozoa; Osmolality; Post mortem recovery; Red deer; Sugars

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEER; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DEER; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS HISPANICUS;

EID: 33846512180     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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