Seminal plasma biochemistry and spermatozoa characteristics of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) of wild and cultivated origin

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-24

  Butts, Ian Anthony Ernest ^a,b   Trippel, Edward Alexander ^a   Ciereszko, Andrzej ^d   Soler, Carles ^e   Słowińska, Mariola ^d   Alavi, Sayyed Mohammad Hadi ^f   Litvak, Matthew Kenneth ^g   Babiak, Igor ^c  

^a ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^g MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Atlantic cod; Fatty acid; Morphology; Osmolality; Protein; Seminal plasma; Sperm

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; BREEDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; PH; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON; WILD TYPE;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 79952484921     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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