SpermBlue®: A new universal stain for human and animal sperm which is also amenable to automated sperm morphology analysis

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 299-308

  Van Der Horst, G ^a   Maree, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acrosome; ASMA; Head; Human; Invertebrates; Mammals; Midpiece; Morphology; Primates; Sperm; Staining; Tail; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RATTUS; SUIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

COLORING AGENT; FIXATIVE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; RAT; RESEARCH; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; STAINING; STANDARD; SWINE; TISSUE FIXATION; WISTAR RAT;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CHICKENS; COLORING AGENTS; FIXATIVES; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HORSES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MICE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESEARCH; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM HEAD; SPERMATOZOA; STAINING AND LABELING; SUS SCROFA; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 74549178137     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: 14737760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10520290902984274     Document Type: Article

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