Degelification of alpaca semen and the effect of dilution rates on artificial insemination outcome

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 239-246

  Bravo, P Walter ^a,c   Pacheco, C ^b   Quispe, G ^a   Vilcapaza, L ^b   Ordonez C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTA MARÍA   (Peru)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome; AI; Alpaca; Enzymes; Motility

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE; TRYPSIN;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; DILUTION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79961144797     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014850199262562     Document Type: Article

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