Bacterial contamination of ram semen, antibiotic sensitivities, and effects on sperm quality during storage at 15°C

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 142-149

  Yániz, Jesús Luis ^a   Marco Aguado, María Angeles ^a   Mateos, José Angel ^a   Santolaria, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteriospermia; Ram; Semen; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTIOFUR; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; GENTAMICIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CEPHALOSPORINS; GENTAMICINS; MALE; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 77957683032     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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