Adjustments on the cryopreservation conditions reduce the incidence of boar ejaculates with poor sperm freezability

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1436-1445

  Hernández, Marta ^a   Roca, Jordi ^a   Gil, María A ^a   Vázquez, Juan M ^a   Martínez, Emilio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boar; Cryopreservation; Ejaculate variability; Semen

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 34247632182     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.02.012     Document Type: Article

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