Successful ram semen cryopreservation with lyophilized egg yolk-based extender

Cryobiology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 329-333

  Alcay, Selim ^a   Berk Toker, M ^a   Gokce, Elif ^a   Ustuner, Burcu ^a   Tekin Onder, N ^a   Sagirkaya, Hakan ^a   Nur, Zekariya ^a   Kemal Soylu, M ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Egg yolk; Lyophilization; Ram semen

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; SPERM DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DNA;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DILUTION; EGG YOLK; FITC CONJUGATED PISUM SATIVUM AGGLUTININ ASSAY; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZE THAWING; HYPOOSMOTIC STRESS; HYPOOSMOTIC SWELLING TEST; NONHUMAN; PLASMA MEMBRANE FUNCTIONAL INTEGRITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TUNEL ASSAY; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FREEZING; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SHEEP; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DNA; EGG YOLK; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZING; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84942293677     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2015.08.008     Document Type: Article

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