Characterization of Mithun (Bos frontalis) ejaculates and fertility of cryopreserved sperm

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 118, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 210-216

  Mondal, Mohan ^a   Karunakaran, M ^b   Lee, Kyung Bon ^c   Rajkhowa, Chandan ^a  

^a National Research Centre on Mithun India   (India)

^b ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR NEH REGION   (India)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Conservation; Cryopreservation; Fertility; Mithun (Bos frontalis); Semen

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEAT; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOT TEMPERATURE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

BOS FRONTALIS; BOVINAE;

EID: 74849113000     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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