Quality of frozen-thawed semen in brown bear is not affected by timing of glycerol addition

Theriogenology

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1561-1565

  Alvarez Rodriguez M ^a   Alvarez, M ^a   Gomes Alves, S ^a   Borragan, S ^b   Martinez Pastor, F ^a   de Paz, P ^a   Anel, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Cabarceno Park   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Freezing; Glycerol; Semen

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEAR; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; FREEZING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZING; GLYCEROL; MALE; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; TIME FACTORS; URSIDAE;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 79953289172     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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