Rooster semen cryopreservation: Effect of pedigree line and male age on postthaw sperm function

Poultry Science

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 966-973

  Long, J A ^a   Bongalhardo, D C ^a   Pelaez J ^a   Saxena, S ^b   Settar, P ^b   O'Sullivan, N P ^b   Fulton, J E ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Hy Line International   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken; Glycerol; Perivitelline membrane; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHICKENS; MALE; PEDIGREE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77953109524     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2009-00227     Document Type: Article

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