Possibilities of using the European bison (Bison bonasus) epididymal spermatozoa collected post-mortem for cryopreservation and artificial insemination: A pilot study

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kozdrowski, Roland ^a   Nizański, Wojciech ^a   Dubiel, Andrzej ^a   Olech, Wanda ^b  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUSERELIN; CITRIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; LIQUID NITROGEN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; AUTOPSY; BISON BONASUS; BUFFALO; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EGG YOLK; EPIDIDYMIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FREEZE THAWING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; METHODOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION;

BISON BONASUS; BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BISON; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 79952351883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-9-31     Document Type: Article

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