Freezing of boar semen can be simplified by handling a specific portion of the ejaculate with a shorter procedure and MiniFlatPack packaging

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 117, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 279-287

  Saravia, F ^a,c   Wallgren, M ^a,b   Rodriguez Martinez H ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Quality Genetics   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bicarbonate; Boar; Cryopreservation; Ejaculate portions; Seminal plasma (SP)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD; CRYOPRESERVATION; EJACULATION; EVALUATION; FREEZING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PACKAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD TEMPERATURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EJACULATION; FREEZING; MALE; PRODUCT PACKAGING; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM MOTILITY; SUS SCROFA; TIME FACTORS;

SUIDAE;

EID: 70449518338     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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