Ethylene glycol, but not DMSO, could replace glycerol inclusion in soybean lecithin-based extenders in ram sperm cryopreservation

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 177, Issue , 2017, Pages 35-41

  Najafi, Abouzar ^a   Daghigh Kia, Hossein ^a   Dodaran, Hossein Vaseghi ^a   Mehdipour, Mahdieh ^a   Alvarez Rodriguez, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; DMSO; Ethylene glycol; Glycerol; Ram sperm; Soybean lecithin

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PLANT LECTIN; SOYBEAN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EVALUATION STUDY; MALE; PROCEDURES; SHEEP; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCEROL; LECITHINS; MALE; PLANT LECTINS; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 85008173478     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2016.12.004     Document Type: Article

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