Semen cryopreservation in the Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)

Theriogenology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1104-1115

  Stoops, M A ^a   Atkinson, M W ^b   Blumer, E S ^b   Campbell, M K ^a   Roth, T L ^a  

^a Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden   (United States)

^b The Wilds   (United States)

Author keywords

Indian rhinoceros; Semen; Sperm cryopreservation; Spermatozoa; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GLYCEROL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EGG YOLK; EVALUATION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EGG YOLK; GLYCEROL; MALE; MILK; PERISSODACTYLA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EQUIDAE; RHINOCEROS UNICORNIS;

EID: 77950022676     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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