Characteristics of stallion epididymal spermatozoa at collection and effect of two refrigeration protocols on the quality of the frozen/thawed sperm cells

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 85-89

  Guimaraes T ^a   Lopes, G ^a   Ferreira, P ^a   Leal, I ^b   Rocha, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Private Practitioner   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Epididymal sperm cells; Stallion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZING; HORSE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; HORSES; MALE; REFRIGERATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84870572381     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2012.10.028     Document Type: Article

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