Fertility-associated metabolites in bull seminal plasma and blood serum: 1H nuclear magnetic resonance analysis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 123-131

  Kumar, Ajeet ^a,b,e   Kroetsch, Tom ^c   Blondin, Patrick ^d   Anzar, Muhammad ^a,b  

^a SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c The Semex Alliance   (Canada)

^d L'Alliance Boviteq Inc   (Canada)

^e GURU ANGAD DEV VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CITRIC ACID; CITRULLINE; GLYCOGEN; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; TAURINE; TRYPTAMINE; AMINO ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; BULL (BOVINE); MALE; MALE FERTILITY; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEMINAL PLASMA; SERUM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BOVINE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FERTILITY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; SPERM;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CANADA; CATTLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FERTILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEMEN; SERUM;

EID: 84922741752     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22450     Document Type: Article

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