Influences of a diet supplemented with linseed oil and antioxidants on quality of equine semen after cooling and cryopreservation during winter

Theriogenology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 966-973

  Schmid Lausigk, Yvonne ^a   Aurich, Christine ^b  

^a Graf Lehndorff Institute for Equine Science   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Linseed oil; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Seasonal reproduction; Semen quality; Stallion

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

ANTIOXIDANT; LINSEED OIL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIET; HORSE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; SEASON; SEASONAL REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERM QUALITY; STALLION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; LINSEED OIL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; SEASONAL REPRODUCTION; SEMEN QUALITY; STALLION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIET; HORSES; LINSEED OIL; MALE; SEASONS; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION;

EID: 84896100990     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2014.01.021     Document Type: Article

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