Heterologous in vitro fertility evaluation of cryopreserved Iberian red deer epididymal spermatozoa with zona-intact sheep oocytes and its relationship with the characteristics of thawed spermatozoa

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-298

  Soler, A J ^a,b,c   Poulin, N ^c   Fernandez Santos M R ^b   Cognie, Y ^c   Esteso, M C ^b   Garde, J J ^b   Mermillod, P ^c  

^a CERSYRA ^*  (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; DEER; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STANDARD; TIME;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEER; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 43249116351     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2007.00893.x     Document Type: Article

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