Relationship of flow cytometric sperm integrity assessments with boar fertility performance under optimized field conditions

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4327-4336

  Broekhuijse, M L W J ^a,b   Sostaric E ^a   Feitsma, H ^c   Gadella, B M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Varkens KI Nederland   (Netherlands)

^c IPG   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boar; DNA fragmentation; Fertility; Flow cytometry; Membrane integrity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; DNA DAMAGE; FERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATIN; DNA DAMAGE; FERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

EID: 84882691340     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2012-5040     Document Type: Article

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