Effect of exogenous glutathione in extender on the freezability of Nili-Ravi buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) bull spermatozoa

Animal Science Papers and Reports

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-244

  Ansari, Muhammad Sajjad ^a   Rakha, Bushra Allah ^a   Ullah, Nemat ^a   Andrabi, Syed Murtaza Hasan ^a   Iqbal, Sajid ^a   Khalid, Muhammad ^b   Akhter, Shamim ^a  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buffalo spermatozoa; Cryopreservation; Glutathione; Post thaw semen quality

Indexed keywords

BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 78149259559     PISSN: 08604037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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