Improved fertility in gilts and sows after artificial insemination of frozen-thawed boar semen by supplementation of semen extender with caffeine and CaCl2

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 645-649

  Yamaguchi, Shoichiro ^a   Funahashi, Hiroaki ^b   Murakami, Tetsuya ^a  

^a FUKUOKA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Caffeine and CaCl2; Frozen thawed boar semen; Polymorphonuclear leukocytes

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OVIDUCT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; STATISTICS; SWINE; UTERUS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; OVIDUCTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM TRANSPORT; SUS SCROFA; UTERUS;

SUIDAE;

EID: 74349103762     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.20238     Document Type: Article

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