Seasonal dynamics of sperm morphometric subpopulations and its association with sperm quality parameters in ram ejaculates

Theriogenology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 528-541

  Marti J I ^a   Aparicio, I M ^b   Leal, C L V ^c   Garcia Herreros M ^c  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Principal component analysis; Ram semen; Season; Sperm morphometry; Sperm subpopulations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; CELL MEMBRANE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; FERTILITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SHEEP; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON HEAD; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CELL MEMBRANE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; SEASONS; SEMEN; SHEEP; SPERM COUNT; SPERM HEAD; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84863455572     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.02.035     Document Type: Article

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