Seminal plasma damages sperm during cryopreservation, but its presence during thawing improves semen quality and conception rates in boars with poor post-thaw semen quality

Theriogenology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 491-498

  Okazaki, T ^a,b   Abe, S ^a   Yoshida, S ^a   Shimada, M ^b  

^a Smaller Livestock and Environment Section   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Cryopreservation; Pig; Seminal plasma; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SWINE;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 57849131139     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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