Improved quality of cryopreserved cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) spermatozoa after centrifugation through accudenz

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 298-308

  Crosier, Adrienne E ^a,b   Henghali, Josephine N ^b,c   Howard, Jogayle ^a   Pukazhenthi, Budhan S ^a   Terrell, Kimberly A ^a   Marker, Laurie L ^b   Wildt, David E ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND   (Namibia)

^c Ministry of Environment and Tourism   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Cryopreservation; Cryoprotectant; Felid; Genome resource banking

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL;

ANALYZER; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEETAH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EJACULATION; FREEZE THAWING; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACINONYX; ACROSOME; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CENTRIFUGATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION;

EID: 65549167328     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.108.006239     Document Type: Article

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