Motility and cryopreservation of spermatozoa of European common frog, Rana temporaria

Theriogenology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 724-732

  Mansour, Nabil ^a   Lahnsteiner, Franz ^a   Patzner, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Rana temporaria; Sperm cryopreservation; Sperm motility; Viability

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; FROG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; MALE; RANA TEMPORARIA; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SUCROSE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 77955918484     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.03.025     Document Type: Article

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