Pre-freezing and post-thawing quality of boar sperm for distinct portions of the ejaculate and as a function of protein bands present in seminal plasma

Livestock Science

Volumn 145, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 28-33

  Corcini, C D ^a   Varela, A S ^b   Pigozzo, R ^a   Rambo, G ^a   Goularte, K L ^a   Calderam, K ^a   Leon, P M M ^a   Bongalhardo, D C ^a   Lucia, T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Boars; Frozen sperm; Protein; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 84858156692     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2011.12.016     Document Type: Article

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