Evaluation of ram semen quality using polyacrylamide gel instead of cervical mucus in the sperm penetration test

Theriogenology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1575-1586

  Martinez Rodriguez C ^a   Alvarez, M ^a   Ordas L ^a   Chamorro, C A ^a   Martinez Pastor, F ^a   Anel, L ^a   de Paz, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Motility; Mucus; Penetration test; Ram; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GELS;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

ACROSOME; ACRYLIC RESINS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CERVIX MUCUS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84859430569     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.11.026     Document Type: Article

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