Field fertility of sex-sorted and non-sorted frozen-thawed stallion spermatozoa

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 108, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 287-297

  Clulow, J R ^a   Buss, H ^b   Sieme, H ^c   Rodger, J A ^d   Cawdell Smith, A J ^e   Evans, G ^a   Rath, D ^b   Morris, L H A ^f   Maxwell, W M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Institute of Animal Breeding   (Germany)

^c Hannovarian National Stud   (Germany)

^d Jerrys Plains Veterinary Clinic   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f EquiBreed NZ Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Equine; Sex preselection; Sperm sorting; Spermatozoa; Stallion

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HORSE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HORSES; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SEX PRESELECTION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 51449115516     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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