Influence of cooling rate on the ability of frozen-thawed sperm to bind to heterologous zona pellucida, as assessed by competitive in vitro binding assays in the ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) and tigrina (Leopardus tigrinus)

Theriogenology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 204-211

  Baudi, D L K ^a   Jewgenow, K ^b   Pukazhenthi, B S ^c   Spercoski, K M ^a   Santos, A S ^a   Reghelin, A L S ^a   Candido, M V ^d   Javorouski, M L ^e   Muller G ^a   Morais, R N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Herman Weege Foundation Pomerode Zoo   (Brazil)

^e Curitiba Zoo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cooling rate; In vitro sperm binding assay; Ocelot; Sperm cryopreservation; Tigrina

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CRYOPRESERVATION; FELIDAE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CATS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FELIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

FELIS CATUS; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; LEOPARDUS TIGRINUS;

EID: 37349131694     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.09.013     Document Type: Article

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