Changeability of sperm chromatin structure during liquid storage of ovine semen in milk-egg yolk- and soybean lecithin-based extenders and their relationships to field-fertility

Cell and Tissue Banking

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 687-698

  Khalifa, Tarek ^a   Lymberopoulos, Aristotelis ^b  

^a EquiBiotech Inc Research Services in Farm Animal Breeding   (Greece)

^b ATEI of Thessaloniki ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Chromatin; Extender; Ram; Sperm

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG EFFECT; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PREGNANCY; RISK; SHEEP; SOYBEAN; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LECITHINS; MALE; MILK; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP; SOYBEANS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84891372879     PISSN: 13899333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10561-012-9357-6     Document Type: Article

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