Exposure to the seminal plasma of different portions of the boar ejaculate modulates the survival of spermatozoa cryopreserved in MiniFlatPacks

Theriogenology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 662-675

  Saravia, F ^a   Wallgren, M ^a,b   Johannisson, A ^a   Calvete, J J ^c   Sanz, L ^c   Pena F J ^d   Roca, J ^e   Rodriguez Martinez H ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Quality Genetics   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d Faculty of Veterinary Sciences   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boar; Computer assisted sperm analysis (CASA); Membrane intactness; Seminal plasma (SP) portions; Sperm chromatin structure assay (SCSA); Sperm kinematics; Sperm populations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA DAMAGE; FERTILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA DAMAGE; FERTILITY; MALE; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 58349103881     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.09.037     Document Type: Article

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