Seminal plasma applied post-thawing affects boar sperm physiology: A flow cytometry study

Theriogenology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 400-410

  Fernández Gago, Rocío ^a   Domínguez, Juan Carlos ^a   Martínez Pastor, Felipe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boar; Flow cytometry; Semen cryopreservation; Seminal plasma; Sperm physiology

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FREEZING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN CRYOPRESERVATION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERM PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE;

BOAR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; SEMEN CRYOPRESERVATION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FREEZING; MALE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

EID: 84881372201     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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