Semen characteristics and their ability to predict sperm cryopreservation potential of Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua L

Theriogenology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1290-1300

  Butts, I A E ^a,b   Babiak, I ^c   Ciereszko, A ^d   Litvak, M K ^b,e   Slowinska M ^d   Soler, C ^f   Trippel, E A ^a  

^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 MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Cryopreservation; Seminal plasma; Sperm; Sperm physiology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FORECASTING; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FORECASTING; GADUS MORHUA; MALE; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA;

GADUS MORHUA; PISCES;

EID: 79952815473     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.11.044     Document Type: Article

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