Controlled freezing studies on boar sperm cryopreservation

Andrologia

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 246-250

  Medrano, A ^a,b,c,d   Holt, W V ^c   Watson, P F ^b  

^a Royal Veterinary College ^*  (Mexico)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

CASA; Cooling rate; Flow cytometry; Fluorescent probes; Freezability

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; LECTIN; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; RHODAMINE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; NONHUMAN; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FREEZING; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

EID: 67650721042     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2009.00927.x     Document Type: Article

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