Morphometric changes in boar spermatozoa induced by cryopreservation

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 490-498

  Garcia Herreros M ^b   Baron F J ^c   Aparicio, I M ^b   Santos, A J ^d   Garcia Marin L J ^b   Gil, M C ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Sciences   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^d Department of Veterinary   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boar sperm; Changes; Computer assisted sperm morphometry analysis; Cryopreservation; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE; THAWING;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

EID: 51349083592     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2007.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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