Effect of season on fresh and cryopreserved stallion semen

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 219-227

  Wrench, N ^a   Pinto, C R F ^b   Klinefelter, G R ^c   Dix, D J ^c   Flowers, W L ^a   Farin, C E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; mRNA; Season; Semen; SP22; Stallion

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; GENETICS; HEAT; HORSE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CRYOPRESERVATION; HORSES; HOT TEMPERATURE; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77949653381     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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