Boar sperm thawing practices: The number of straws does matter

Theriogenology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1487-1494

  Casas, I ^a   Torner, E ^a   Yeste, M ^b   Bonet, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boar; Cryobanking; Cryopreservation; Sperm thawing; Straw

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84858286160     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.10.041     Document Type: Article

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