Artificial insemination with seminal plasma improves the reproductive performance of Frozen-Thawed boar epididymal spermatozoa

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 990-998

  Okazaki, Tetsuji ^a   Akiyoshi, Teiichi ^a   Kan, Masakazu ^a   Mori, Manabu ^a   Teshima, Hisanori ^a   Shimada, Masayuki ^b  

^a Forestry and Fisheries Research Center   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Pig

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDIDYMIS; FREEZE THAWING; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; LITTER SIZE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOON; TIME;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; TYROSINE;

EID: 84865722894     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.111.015115     Document Type: Article

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