Successful preservation of capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus L.) semen in liquid and frozen states

Theriogenology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 899-907

  Kowalczyk, Artur ^a   Łukaszewicz, Ewa ^a   Rzońca, Zenon ^b  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b

^c Poland

Author keywords

Capercaillie; Captive breeding; Cryopreservation; Liquid storage; Semen characteristics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FERTILITY; GALLIFORMES; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POLAND; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FERTILITY; GALLIFORMES; MALE; POLAND; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SOLUTIONS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

TETRAO UROGALLUS; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 84857445255     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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