Effects of reduced glutathione on acrosin activity in frozen-thawed boar spermatozoa

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 283-293

  Estrada, Efrén ^a   Rodríguez Gil, Joan E ^a   Rivera Del Álamo, Maria M ^a   Peña, Alejandro ^a   Yeste, Marc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cryopreservation; reproductive performance.

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; GLUTATHIONE;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FREEZE THAWING; LITTER SIZE; NONHUMAN; PIG; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROCEDURES; SPERM PRESERVATION;

ACROSIN; ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

EID: 85008888968     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD15118     Document Type: Article

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