In vivo fertilising ability of frozen-thawed boar sperm treated with cholesterol-loaded cyclodextrins prior to cryopreservation

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 77-82

  Tomás, Cristina ^a   Blanch, Eva ^a   Cebrián, Begoña ^a   Mocé, Eva ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyclodextrins; Fertility rate; Freeze thawing; Litter size; Pig; Semen

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYCLODEXTRIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SWINE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLESTEROL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYCLODEXTRINS; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84879844911     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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