Seasonal variations in the composition of ram seminal plasma and its effect on frozen-thawed ram sperm

Theriogenology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 564-573

  Dominguez M P ^a   Falcinelli, A ^a,b   Hozbor, F ^a   Sanchez E ^a   Cesari, A ^b   Alberio, R H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Membrane status; Ram sperm; Seminal plasma; Sheep

Indexed keywords

SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEASON; SHEEP; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MALE; SEASONS; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SHEEP; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 39649096933     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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