Cryopreserving turkey semen in straws and nitrogen vapour using DMSO or DMA: effects of cryoprotectant concentration, freezing rate and thawing rate on post-thaw semen quality

British Poultry Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 264-270

  Iaffaldano, N ^a   Di Iorio, M ^a   Miranda, M ^a   Zaniboni, L ^b   Manchisi, A ^a   Cerolini, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; N,N DIMETHYLACETAMIDE; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FREEZING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SILAGE; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; TURKEY (BIRD); VETERINARY;

ACETAMIDES; ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FREEZING; MALE; NITROGEN; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SILAGE; TURKEYS;

EID: 84964523269     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2016.1148261     Document Type: Article

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