Split-sample comparison of directional and liquid nitrogen vapour freezing method on post-thaw semen quality in white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum simum and Ceratotherium simum cottoni)

Theriogenology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 275-291

  Reid, C E ^a   Hermes, R ^a   Blottner, S ^a   Goeritz, F ^a   Wibbelt, G ^a   Walzer, C ^b   Bryant, B R ^c   Portas, T J ^c   Streich, W J ^a   Hildebrandt, T B ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c Western Plains Zoo   (Australia)

Author keywords

Directional freezing; Reproduction; Rhinoceros; Sperm cryopreservation

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERISSODACTYLA; SPERM PRESERVATION;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FREEZING; MALE; NITROGEN; PERISSODACTYLA; SEMEN PRESERVATION;

CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM; CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM SIMUM; RHINOCEROS;

EID: 57649097343     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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