Which fields under a coverslip should one assess to estimate sperm motility?

Theriogenology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1686-1697

  Nothling J O ^a   dos Santos, I P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CASA; Coverslip; Sperm motility; Subjective estimation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; EVALUATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84859435545     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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