Differences in ability of jennies and mares to conceive with cooled and frozen semen containing glycerol or not

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 22-35

  Vidament, Marianne ^a   Vincent, Pierrick ^b   Martin, François Xavier ^c   Magistrini, Michele ^a   Blesbois, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b Direction des Services et des Sites   (France)

^c SABAUD Association pour la Sauvegarde du Baudet du Poitou   (France)

Author keywords

Ass; Cryopreservation; Dimethylformamide; DMF; Donkey; Equine; Ethylene glycol; Fertility; Horse; Jack; Sperm; Spermatozoa; Stallion

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GLYCEROL; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HORSE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; EQUIDAE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GLYCEROL; HORSES; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; PREGNANCY; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM MOTILITY;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 61549083685     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.03.016     Document Type: Article

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