A diet supplemented with l-carnitine improves the sperm quality of Piétrain but not of Duroc and Large White boars when photoperiod and temperature increase

Theriogenology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 577-586

  Yeste, M ^a   Sancho, S ^a   Briz, M ^a   Pinart, E ^a   Bussalleu, E ^a   Bonet, S ^a  

^a Biotechnology of Animal and Human Reproduction   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boar sperm quality; l Carnitine; Photoperiod; Pi train breed; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; HEAT; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CARNITINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHOTOPERIOD; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA; SUS SCROFA; TIME FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE; SUS; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 76149145331     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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