The effect of temperature and pH on the motility and viability of ostrich sperm

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 123-128

  Bonato, Maud ^a   Cornwallis, Charlie K ^b   Malecki, Irek A ^c   Rybnik Trzaskowska, Paulina K ^d   Cloete, Schalk W P ^a,e  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^e Institute for Animal Production: Elsenburg   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CASA system; Motility; Ostrich; Semen diluent; Sperm storage; Sperm viability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OSTRICH; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; STRUTHIONIFORMES; TEMPERATURE;

STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 84864076854     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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