Survival and fertility rate of cooled dromedary camel spermatozoa supplemented with catalase enzyme

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-89

  Medan, Mohamed Sabry ^a   Absy, Gamal ^a   Zeidan, Alaa Elsayed ^b   Khalil, Medhat Hussein ^c   Khalifa, Hesham Hussein ^c   Abdel Salaam, Atef Mahrous ^b   Abdel Khalek, Tarek Mohammad ^b  

^a Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^b Agriculture Research Center   (Egypt)

^c Al Azhar University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Catalase enzyme; Dromedary camel; Semen quality; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CAMEL; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAMELS; CATALASE; COLD; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA;

CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS;

EID: 40949162005     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.19124     Document Type: Article

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