Quality of boar spermatozoa from the sperm-peak portion of the ejaculate after simplified freezing in MiniFlatpacks compared to the remaining spermatozoa of the sperm-rich fraction

Theriogenology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1175-1184

  Siqueira, A P ^a   Wallgren, M ^a,b   Hossain, M S ^a   Johannisson, A ^a   Sanz, L ^c   Calvete, J J ^c   Rodriguez Martinez H ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Quality Genetics   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SEPARATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EJACULATION; EVALUATION; FREEZING; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SWINE;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SEPARATION; EJACULATION; FREEZING; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; SUS SCROFA;

SUIDAE;

EID: 79952768675     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.11.024     Document Type: Article

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