The fertility of ram sperm held for 24 h at 5 °C prior to cryopreservation

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 118, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 231-235

  Purdy, Phillip H ^a   Mocé, Eva ^b   Stobart, Robert ^c   Murdoch, William J ^c   Moss, Gary E ^c   Larson, Brent ^c   Ramsey, Shawn ^d   Graham, James K ^e   Blackburn, Harvey D ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Fertility; Holding time; Ram; Sperm

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SHEEP; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74849104597     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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