Antioxidative effects of melatonin on kinetics, microscopic and oxidative parameters of cryopreserved bull spermatozoa

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 139, Issue 1-4, 2013, Pages 25-30

  Ashrafi, Iraj ^a   Kohram, Hamid ^a   Ardabili, Farhad Farrokhi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Bull semen; Cryopreservation; Kinetic parameters; Melatonin; Oxidative parameters

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; MELATONIN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84878111684     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2013.03.016     Document Type: Article

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