Recent advances in cooled-semen technology

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 268-275

  Aurich, Christine ^a,b  

^a Graf Lehndorff Institute for Equine Science   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Cooled storage; Extender; Semen; Stallion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD; EVALUATION; HORSE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERM RETRIEVAL;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD; HORSES; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM RETRIEVAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE;

EID: 47049122710     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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