Fertility of cryopreserved ovine semen is determined by sperm velocity

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 102-109

  Del Olmo, E ^a   Bisbal, A ^a   Maroto Morales, A ^a   Garcia Alvarez O ^a   Ramon, M ^b   Jimenez Rabadan, P ^b   Martinez Pastor F ^c   Soler, A J ^a   Garde, J J ^a   Fernandez Santos, M R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b Regional Center of Animal Selection and Reproduction (CERSYRA) JCCM   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

CASA; Cryopreserved semen; Fertility; Flow cytometry; Ram

Indexed keywords

OVIS;

CALCIUM;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VETERINARY;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84880046920     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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