Influence of bacteria and gentamicin on cooled-stored stallion spermatozoa

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 912-918

  Aurich, C ^a   Spergser, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Gentamicin; Horse; Semen; Storage

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GENTAMICIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HORSES; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 33847081250     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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