Characteristics of frozen thawed semen in predicting the fertility of buffalo bulls

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 389-392

  Kumar, D ^e   Kumar, Pradeep ^e   Singh, Pawan ^c   Yadav, S P ^e   Sarkar, Susheel Kumar ^d   Bharadwaj, A ^b   Yadav, P S ^a  

^a Division of Animal Physiology and Reproduction   (India)

^b Division of Animal Genetics and Breeding   (India)

^c NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d ICAR INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Acrosome integrity; Apoptosis; CASA; DNA integrity; Fertility; Plasma membrane integrity; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902003902     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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