Season of ejaculate collection influences the freezability of boar spermatozoa

Cryobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 299-304

  Barranco, Isabel ^a   Ortega, Maria D ^a   Martinez Alborcia, Maria J ^a   Vazquez, Juan M ^a   Martinez, Emilio A ^a   Roca, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Porcine; Seasonality; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CELL VIABILITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FREEZE THAWING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPRING; SUMMER; SWINE; WINTER;

SUS;

CRYOPRESERVATION; PORCINE; SEASONALITY; SPERM;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEASONS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

EID: 84887818246     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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