In vitro sperm characterization and development of a sperm cryopreservation method using directional solidification in the killer whale (Orcinus orca)

Theriogenology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 267-279

  Robeck, T R ^a   Gearhart, S A ^b   Steinman, K J ^a   Katsumata, E ^c   Loureiro, J D ^d   O'Brien, J K ^a,e  

^a SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Reproductive Research Center   (United States)

^b SeaWorld Inc   (United States)

^c Kamogawa Sea World   (Japan)

^d Mundo Marino SA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Cryopreservation; Delphinidae; Directional freezing; Genome resource bank

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; KILLER WHALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; WHALE, KILLER;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 79958792543     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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