The roles of the epididymis and prostasomes in the attainment of fertilizing capacity by stallion sperm

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 237-248

  Sostaric, E ^a   Aalberts, M ^a   Gadella, B M ^a,b   Stout, T A E ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ejaculation; Epididymis; Sperm capacitation; Stallion

Indexed keywords

EPIDIDYMAL SECRETORY PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION; HORSE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMAL SECRETORY PROTEINS; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION; HORSES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MATURATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 47049124722     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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