Boar sperm encapsulation reduces in vitro polyspermy

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 359-362

  Faustini, M ^a   Bucco, M ^b   Galeati, G ^c   Spinaci, M ^c   Villani, S ^d   Chlapanidas, T ^b   Ghidoni, I ^b   Vigo, D ^a   Torre, M L ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Veterinarie per la Sicurezza Alimentare   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Chimica Organica   (Italy)

^c DIMORFIPA   (Italy)

^d Dipartimento di Scienze Sanitarie Applicate e Psicocomportamentali   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE;

ANIMALS; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 77952524070     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01213.x     Document Type: Article

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