Effect of the holding time at 15°C prior to cryopreservation, the thawing rate and the post-thaw incubation temperature on the boar sperm quality after cryopreservation

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 115-121

  Tomás, Cristina ^b   Gómez Fernández, José ^a   Gómez Izquierdo, Emilio ^a   De Mercado, Eduardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AGRARIO DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boar; Holding time; Post thaw incubation temperature; Spermatozoa; Thawing rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; HOLDING TIME; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POST-THAW INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; THAWING RATE; TIME;

BOAR; HOLDING TIME; POST-THAW INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; SPERMATOZOA; THAWING RATE;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892847140     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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