Chemotactic response of frozen-thawed bovine spermatozoa towards follicular fluid

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 236-246

  Gil, P I ^a   Guidobaldi, H A ^a   Teves, M E ^a   Unates D R ^a   Sanchez, R ^b   Giojalas, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cattle; Chemotaxis; Ovarian follicular fluid; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOTAXIS; FEMALE; FREEZING; MALE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHEMOTAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; FREEZING; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 49549094513     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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