Recovery and cryopreservation of Spanish ibex epididymal spermatozoa

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 309-316

  Santiago Moreno, Julián ^a   Toledano Díaz, Adolfo ^a   Dorado, Jesús ^b   Pulido Pastor, Antonio ^c   Coloma, Miguel Angel ^a   López Sebastián, Antonio ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^c JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diluents; Epididymal spermatozoa; Ibex; Sperm recovery

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; GLUCOSE; LACTOSE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VAS DEFERENS; ACROSOME; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EPIDIDYMIS; GOAT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; SPAIN; SPERM PRESERVATION; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GOATS; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPAIN; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 79961238236     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: 15210375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010701730674     Document Type: Article

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