Changes in subpopulations of boar sperm defined according to viability and plasma and acrosome membrane status observed during storage at 15 °C

Theriogenology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 311-317

  Perez Llano B ^a   Sala, R ^a   Reguera, G ^a   Garcia Casado P ^b  

^a Gestión Veterinaria Porcina SL ^*  (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boar; Semen; Semen characters; Sperm viability; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; FREEZING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZING; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

SUIDAE;

EID: 57649207875     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.07.023     Document Type: Article

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