Cryopreservation of Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica) sperm obtained by electroejaculation outside the rutting season

Theriogenology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1253-1260

  Santiago Moreno, J ^a   Coloma, M A ^a,b   Dorado, J ^a   Pulido Pastor, A ^b   Gomez Guillamon F ^b   Salas Vega, R ^b   Gomez Brunet A ^a   Lopez Sebastian A ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Buffer; Egg yolk; Electroejaculation; Ibex; Semen

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE; TES TRIS YOLK BUFFER; TES-TRIS YOLK BUFFER; TESTOSTERONE; TROMETAMOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; EJACULATION; EVALUATION; GOAT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EJACULATION; GLUCOSE; GOATS; MALE; SEASONS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE; TROMETHAMINE;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA PYRENAICA;

EID: 63649148057     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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