Evaluation of Sperm Kinetics and Plasma Membrane Integrity of Frozen Equine Semen in Different Storage Volumes and Freezing Conditions

Journal of Equine Veterinary Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 165-168

  Dias Maziero, Rosiara Rosária ^a   Guasti, Priscilla Nascimento ^a   Monteiro, Gabriel A ^a   Avanzi, Bruno R ^a   Hartwig, Felipe Pires ^a   Lisboa, Fernando Paixão ^a   Martin, Ian ^a   Papa, Frederico Ozanam ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Equine; Freezing system; Semen; Volume

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 84874288944     PISSN: 07370806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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