Effects of α-tocopherol and freezing rates on the quality and heterologous in vitro fertilization capacity of stallion sperm after cryopreservation

Theriogenology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 957-962

  de Vasconcelos Franco, J S ^a   Faheem, M ^a,b   Chaveiro, A ^a   Moreira da Silva, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Freezing rate; Heterologous in vitro fertilization; Spermatozoon; Stallion; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANIMAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FERTILITY; FREEZING; HORSE; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; VETERINARY;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; HORSES; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84964299214     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2016.03.019     Document Type: Article

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