Temperatures from 4 to 15 °C are suitable for preserving the fertilizing capacity of stallion semen stored for 22 h or more in INRA96 extender

Theriogenology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 297-307

  Vidament, Marianne ^a,b,c   Magistrini, Michèle ^a,b,c   Le Foll, Yoann ^a,b,c   Levillain, Nicolas ^a,b,c   Yvon, Jean Marie ^a,b,c   Duchamp, Guy ^d   Blesbois, Elisabeth ^a,b,c  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c IFCE   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Fertility; Horse; Motility; Spermatozoa; Storage

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORSE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORSES; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 84862309142     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.01.018     Document Type: Article

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