Optimization of ethylene glycol concentrations, freezing rates and holding times in liquid nitrogen vapor for cryopreservation of rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) sperm

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 717-723

  Yang, Shihua ^a,b   Ping, Shuhuang ^a,b   Si, Wei ^b   He, Xiechao ^b   Wang, Xinyi ^b   Lu, Yongqing ^b   Ji, Shaohui ^b   Niu, Yuyu ^b   Ji, Weizhi ^b,c  

^a KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c Kunming Biomed International   (China)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Freezing of semen; In vitro fertilization; Rhesus macaque

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 79960086463     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.10-0398     Document Type: Article

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