Validation of the sperm quality analyzer and the hypo-osmotic swelling test for frozen-thawed ram and minke whale (Balaenoptera bonarensis) spermatozoa

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 147-154

  Fukui, Yutaka ^a   Togawa, Morihiko ^a   Abe, Norihito ^a   Takano, Yuuki ^a   Asada, Masatsugu ^a   Okada, Aki ^a   Iida, Kenji ^a   Ishikawa, Hajime ^b   Ohsumi, Seiji ^b  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Institute of Cetacean Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frozen sperm; Hypo osmotic swelling test; Minke whale; Sheep; Sperm quality analyzer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; HYPOOSMOTIC SWELLING TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SPERM QUALITY ANALYZER; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WHALE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MALE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; OVIS ARIES;

HYPOTONIC SOLUTION;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; HYPOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MALE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM BANKS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; WHALES;

EID: 4644230080     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.50.147     Document Type: Article

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