Cryo-scanning electron microscopy discloses differences in dehydration of frozen boar semen stored in large containers

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-68

  Ekwall, H ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHEMISTRY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ICE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE; WATER;

SUIDAE;

EID: 58249103971     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2007.00994.x     Document Type: Article

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