Boar semen can tolerate rapid cooling rates prior to freezing

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 681-690

  Juarez, Jorge D ^a,b   Parrilla, Inma ^a   Vazquez, Juan M ^a   Martinez, Emilio A ^a   Roca, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA DE LA SELVA   (Peru)

Author keywords

flow cytometry; freezability; spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

LIPOCORTIN 5; MEROCYANINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BOAR (MALE PIG); CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; EJACULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FREEZE THAWING; MALE; NONHUMAN; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD TEMPERATURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79958131451     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD10216     Document Type: Article

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