Quality parameters for alpaca (Vicugna pacos) semen are affected by semen collection procedure

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 637-643

  Morton, K M ^a   Thomson, P C ^a   Bailey, K ^a   Evans, G ^a   Maxwell, W M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; MALE; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERMATOZOA;

CAMELIDAE; LAMA PACOS; VICUGNA PACOS;

EID: 77956113776     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01321.x     Document Type: Article

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