Efficiency of short-term storage of equine semen in a simple-design cooling system

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 104, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 434-439

  Nunes, D B ^a   Zorzatto, J R ^b   Costa e Silva, E V ^b   Zuccari C E S N ^b  

^a Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul ^*

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cooled semen; Equine; Fertility; Plasma membrane integrity; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HORSE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 38549146489     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2007.06.022     Document Type: Article

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