Increased conception rates in beef cattle inseminated with nanopurified bull semen

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Odhiambo, John F ^a,f   DeJarnette, J M ^c   Geary, Thomas W ^d   Kennedy, Chelsey E ^a   Suarez, Susan S ^e   Sutovsky, Miriam ^a   Sutovsky, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c Select Sires Inc   (United States)

^d USDA ARS Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory   (United States)

^e University of Wyoming ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Conception rate; Fertility; Livestock; Nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

GLYCAN; NANOPARTICLE; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; UBIQUITIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BEEF CATTLE; CELL POPULATION; COATED PARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEOMICS; PURIFICATION; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UBIQUITINATION; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CYTOLOGY; FERTILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; VETERINARY;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BOS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84930532262     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.114.121897     Document Type: Article

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