Functional integrity of sex-sorted, frozen-thawed boar sperm and its potential for artificial insemination

Theriogenology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1234-1241

  Bathgate, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Pig; Semen; Sexing; Sperm damage

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CENTRIFUGATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEX PRESELECTION; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BOS; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 55749114396     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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