Sperm cryopreservation of a live-bearing fish, the platyfish Xiphophorus couchianus

Theriogenology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 971-989

  Huang, Changjiang ^a,b   Dong, Qiaoxiang ^a   Tiersch, Terrence R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Germplasm repositories; Sperm; Xiphophorus couchianus

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; HEAT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GLYCEROL; HEAT; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS COUCHIANUS;

EID: 3543119578     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2003.12.022     Document Type: Article

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