Improving viability of cryopreserved honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) sperm with selected diluents, cryoprotectants, and semen dilution ratios

Theriogenology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-159

  Taylor, M A ^a   Guzman Novoa E ^a   Morfin, N ^b   Buhr, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Cryopreservation; Honey bee sperm; Instrumental insemination; Sperm viability

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEAT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEES; CATALASE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENOTYPE; GLYCEROL; HOT TEMPERATURE; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SOLUTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

APIS MELLIFERA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 67349242568     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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