Fertility after post-cervical artificial insemination with cryopreserved sperm from boar ejaculates of good and poor freezability

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-76

  Casas, I ^a   Sancho, S ^a   Briz, M ^a   Pinart, E ^a   Bussalleu, E ^a   Yeste, M ^a   Bonet, S ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Boar sperm; Cryopreservation; Fertility; Freezability; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FREEZING; LITTER SIZE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SWINE; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CERVIX UTERI; CRYOPRESERVATION; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FREEZING; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 71649097121     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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