Effect of relaxin on the motility, acrosome reaction and utilization of glucose of fresh and frozen-thawed bovine spermatozoa

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 495-502

  Miah, Abdul G ^a   Salma, Ummay ^a   Tareq, Kma ^a   Kohsaka, Tetsuya ^b   Tsujii, Hirotada ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Bovine spermatozoa; Motility; Relaxin; Utilization of glucose

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; SUS;

EID: 34548485803     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2007.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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