Short-term storage and cryopreservation of black grouse Tetrao tetrix and capercaillie T. urogallus semen

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 383-388

  Ciereszko, Andrzej ^a   Dietrich, Grzegorz J ^a   Liszewska, Ewa ^a   Krzywiński, Andrzej ^b   Kobus, Armin ^b  

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

^b Wildlife Park Kadzidłowo ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Black grouse; Capercaillie; Cryopreservation; Semen; Sperm motility; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

TETRAO TETRIX;

EID: 79952816532     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-010-0436-3     Document Type: Article

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