Acrosin activity is a good predictor of boar sperm freezability

Theriogenology

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1525-1533

  Pinart, Elisabeth ^a   Yeste, Marc ^b   Bonet, Sergi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acrosin activity; Boar; Freezability; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM;

ANIMAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PIG; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; VETERINARY;

ACROSIN; ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; CALCIUM; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

EID: 84928759235     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2015.02.005     Document Type: Article

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