Single layer centrifugation of stallion spermatozoa consistently selects the most robust spermatozoa from the rest of the ejaculate in a large sample size

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 579-585

  Morrell, J M ^a   Rodriguez Martinez, H ^a   Johannisson, A ^b  

^a Department of Reproduction   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chromatin integrity; Horse; Morphology; Motility; SLC; Stallion spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; HORSE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CENTRIFUGATION; HORSES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 77956608641     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 20423306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2010.00101.x     Document Type: Article

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