Protective effect of melatonin on sperm motility parameters on liquid storage of ram semen at 5°c

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 34, 2011, Pages 6670-6674

  Ashrafi, Iraj ^a   Kohram, Hamid ^b,c   Naijian, Hamid ^b   Bahreini, Majid ^d   Poorhamdollah, Mehdi ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^d Animal Breeding Center of IRAN (AI LAB)   (Iran)

Author keywords

Liquid storage; Melatonin; Ram semen; Sperm motility parameters

Indexed keywords

LIPID; MELATONIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AVERAGE PATH VELOCITY; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VIABILITY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURVILINEAR VELOCITY; HEAD DEPLACEMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; LINEARITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROGRESSIVE MOTILITY; SHEEP; SPERM; SPERM TRACK STRAIGHTNESS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; STRAIGHT LINEAR VELOCITY;

EID: 79960492752     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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