Frozen-thawed rhinoceros sperm exhibit DNA damage shortly after thawing when assessed by the sperm chromatin dispersion assay

Theriogenology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 711-720

  Portas, T ^a   Johnston, S D ^b   Hermes, R ^c   Arroyo, F ^d   Lopez Fernadez C ^d   Bryant, B ^a   Hildebrandt, T B ^c   Goritz F ^c   Gosalvez, J ^d  

^a Western Plains Zoo   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Neutral comet assay; Rhinoceros; Sperm chromatin dispersion assay; Sperm cryopreservation; Sperm DNA fragmentation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; COMET ASSAY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FREEZING; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; COMET ASSAY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FREEZING; MALE; PERISSODACTYLA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; RHINOCEROS; RHINOCEROTIDAE;

EID: 68349139706     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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