Identifying non-sperm particles during flow cytometric physiological assessment: a simple approach

Theriogenology

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 995-1000

  Petrunkina, A M ^a,b   Waberski, D ^a   Bollwein, H ^a   Sieme, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Counting; Flow cytometry; Osmotic tolerance; Sperm function; SYBR14 PI

Indexed keywords

DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL SURVIVAL; FERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROPIDIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 77949296163     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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