Comparison of different sperm cryopreservation procedures on post-thaw quality and heterologous in vitro fertilisation success in the ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 685-694

  Stoops, Monica A ^a   Bond, Jennifer B ^a   Bateman, Helen L ^a   Campbell, Mark K ^a   Levens, Gregory P ^b   Bowsher, Todd R ^b   Ferrell, Shannon T ^c   Swanson, William F ^a  

^a Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden   (United States)

^b Dallas Zoological Society   (United States)

^c Fort Worth Zoo ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; LIQUID NITROGEN; TELAZOL;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAT; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; EJACULATION; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OOCYTE; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRAW; TECHNIQUE; THAWING; VAPORIZATION; WATER IMMERSION; ZOO ANIMAL;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRYOPRESERVATION; FELIDAE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE;

FELIS CATUS; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS;

EID: 34347383334     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD06078     Document Type: Article

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