Assessment of semen quality, sperm cryopreservation and heterologous IVF in the critically endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 848-859

  Gañá, Natalia ^a   González, Raquel ^a   Garde, J Julián ^b   Martínez, Fernando ^c   Vargas, Astrid ^c   Gomendio, Montserrat ^a,d   Roldan, Eduardo R S ^a,e  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c Centro de Cría de Lince Ibérico El Acebuche   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technologies; Felid; Genome resource bank; Teratospermia.

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; NITROGEN;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EGG YOLK; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STRAW; THAWING;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CATS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EJACULATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; LYNX; MALE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS;

EID: 69249143293     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD08226     Document Type: Article

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