New strategies of boar sperm cryopreservation: Development of novel freezing and thawing methods with a focus on the roles of seminal plasma

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 623-629

  Okazaki, Tetsuji ^a   Shimada, Masayuki ^b  

^a Oita Prefectural Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Research Center   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Cryopreservation; Pig; Seminal plasma; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZING; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SUIDAE;

EID: 84865767425     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2012.01034.x     Document Type: Review

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