Successful artificial insemination using semen frozen and stored by an ultrafreezer in the Majorera goat breed

Theriogenology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1307-1315

  Batista, M ^a   Nino T ^a   Alamo, D ^a   Castro, N ^b   Santana, M ^a   Gonzalez F ^a   Cabrera, F ^a   Gracia, A ^a  

^a Faculty of Veterinary of Las Palmas   (Spain)

^b Animal Science   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fertility; Goat; Long term storage; Semen; Ultrafreezer

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; GOAT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; GOATS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 63449108122     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.12.024     Document Type: Article

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