Comparison of acetamide and dimethylsulfoxide as cryoprotectants of European brown hare (Lepus europaeus) spermatozoa

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-49

  Kozdrowski, Roland ^a   Dubiel, Andrzej ^a   Noszczyk Nowak, Agniaszka ^a  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acetamide; Cryopreservation; Dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO); Hare (Lepus europaeus); Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE; ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON;

ACETAMIDES; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FEMALE; HARES; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA;

LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS;

EID: 65349133188     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.20085     Document Type: Article

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