Survival of emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) sperm preserved at subzero temperatures and different cryoprotectant concentrations

Theriogenology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1557-1569

  Sood, S ^a,b   Malecki, I A ^a   Tawang, A ^a   Martin, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Government of Himachal Pradesh   (India)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Flow cytometer; Fluorescent; Stability; Vapor freezing

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; N,N DIMETHYLACETAMIDE; TREHALOSE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL SURVIVAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEAT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TEMPERATURE;

ACETAMIDES; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DROMAIIDAE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE; TREHALOSE;

DROMAIIDAE; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE;

EID: 84866176148     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.06.025     Document Type: Article

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