Capacitation of frozen thawed buffalo bull (Bubalus bubalis) spermatozoa with higher heparin concentrations

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 376-379

  Mehmood, A ^a   Anwar, M ^a   Saqlan Naqvi, S M ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEPARIN; MALE; OOCYTES; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA;

BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 34447252337     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2006.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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