The degree of resistance to freezing-thawing is related to specific changes in the structures of motile sperm subpopulations and mitochondrial activity in boar spermatozoa

Theriogenology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 784-797

  Flores, E ^a   Fernandez Novell J M ^b   Pena A ^a   Rodriguez Gil J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boar semen; Freezability; Freezing thawing; Mitochondrial activity; Proxylfluorescamine; Sperm subpopulations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA; SUS SCROFA;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 69249206586     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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