Post-thawing quality and incubation resilience of cryopreserved ram spermatozoa are affected by antioxidant supplementation and choice of extender

Theriogenology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 520-528

  Mata Campuzano, María ^a   Álvarez Rodríguez, Manuel ^a   Álvarez, Mercedes ^a   Tamayo Canul, Julio ^a,b   Anel, Luis ^a   de Paz, Paulino ^a   Martínez Pastor, Felipe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Division for Research and Post graduate Studies Technological Institute of Conkal   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cryopreservation; Extender; Ram; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; OVIS;

ANTIOXIDANT; GLYCEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EGG YOLK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CRYOPRESERVATION; EGG YOLK; GLYCEROL; LECITHINS; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84922904519     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2014.10.018     Document Type: Article

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