Seasonality affects post-thaw plasma membrane intactness and sperm velocities in spermatozoa from Thai AI swamp buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1424-1435

  Koonjaenak, S ^a,b   Pongpeng, P ^c   Wirojwuthikul, S ^c   Johannisson, A ^a   Kunavongkrit, A ^d   Rodriguez Martinez, H ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Thailand Department of Livestock   (Thailand)

^d CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Computer assisted sperm analysis (CASA); Flow cytometry; Plasma membrane integrity (PMI); Sperm motility; Swamp buffalo

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BUFFALO; CELL MEMBRANE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CELL MEMBRANE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; SEASONS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 34247646548     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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