Effect of storage duration, storage temperature, and diluent on the viability and fertility of fresh ram sperm

Theriogenology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 541-549

  O'Hara, L ^a,c   Hanrahan, J P ^a   Richardson, L ^a,c   Donovan, A ^a   Fair, S ^b   Evans, A C O ^c   Lonergan, P ^c  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

AI; IVF; Semen extender; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; FEMALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TIME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 75149182643     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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