Effect of ram age on structural and functional competence of frozen-thawed spermatozoa in dairy sheep

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 572-578

  Lymberopoulos, A G ^a   Tsakmakidis, I A ^a   Khalifa, T A A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DAIRYING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DAIRYING; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77956101015     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01303.x     Document Type: Article

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