Effects of freezing/thawing on motile sperm subpopulations of boar and donkey ejaculates

Theriogenology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 936-945

  Flores, E ^a   Taberner, E ^a   Rivera, M M ^a   Pena A ^a   Rigau, T ^a   Miro J ^a   Rodriguez Gil J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boar; Donkey; Freezing thawing; Sperm subpopulations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL SEPARATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; EJACULATION; EVALUATION; FREEZING; HORSE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; EJACULATION; EQUIDAE; FREEZING; MALE; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SUS SCROFA; TEMPERATURE;

EQUUS ASINUS; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 50249174998     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.05.056     Document Type: Article

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