Effect of the addition of seminal plasma, Vitamin e and incubation time on post-thawed sperm viability in boar semen

Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 965-971

  Pech Sansores, A G C ^a   Centurion Castro F G ^a   Rodriguez Buenfil J C ^a   Segura Correa, J C ^a   Ake Lopez J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Boar; Semen; Seminal plasma; Thawing; Viability; Vitamin E.

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 84859468315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18700462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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