Pre-selection by double layer density gradient centrifugation improves the fertilising capacity of frozen-thawed, capacitated stallion sperm

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 139, Issue 1-4, 2013, Pages 62-68

  Morató, Roser ^a   Soares, Juleide M De Souza ^a   Orero, Guifré ^a   Mogas, Teresa ^a   Miró, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capacitation; EquiPureTM; Frozen semen; Stallion

Indexed keywords

IONOMYCIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORSE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; FEMALE; HORSES; IONOMYCIN; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84878107855     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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