Semen cryopreservation for the creation of a Spanish poultry breeds cryobank: Optimization of freezing rate and equilibration time

Poultry Science

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2047-2053

  Santiago Moreno, J ^a   Castano C ^a   Toledano Diaz A ^a   Coloma, M A ^a   Lopez Sebastian A ^a   Prieto, M T ^a   Campo, J L ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryobank; Equilibration time; Freezing rate; Spanish breed; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051767638     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2011-01355     Document Type: Article

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