Comparison of three staining techniques for the morphometric study of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) spermatozoa

Theriogenology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1033-1038

  Tuset, V M ^a,b   Dietrich, G J ^b   Wojtczak, M ^b   Slowinska M ^b   de Monserrat, J ^c   Ciereszko, A ^b  

^a Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

^c Laboratorio de Analisis Dr Echevarne   (Spain)

Author keywords

ISAS ; Morphometry; Rainbow trout; Spermatozoa; Staining Techniques

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; STAINING; TROUT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; SPERM HEAD; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA; STAINING AND LABELING; TROUT;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 41549132953     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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