Resuspending ram spermatozoa in seminal plasma after cryopreservation does not improve pregnancy rate in cervically inseminated ewes

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1262-1268

  O'Meara, C M ^a   Donovan, A ^b   Hanrahan, J P ^b   Duffy, P ^a   Fair, S ^a   Evans, A C O ^a   Lonergan, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Animal Production Research Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cervical artificial insemination; Fertility; Pregnancy rate; Seminal plasma; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SHEEP; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33947599133     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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