Improvement of post-thawed sperm quality and fertility of Arian rooster by oral administration of D-aspartic acid

Theriogenology

Volumn 92, Issue , 2017, Pages 69-74

  Ansari, Mahdi ^a   Zhandi, Mahdi ^a   Kohram, Hamid ^a,b   Zaghari, Mojtaba ^a   Sadeghi, Mostafa ^a   Sharafi, Mohsen ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aging; Cryopreservation; D Aspartic acid; Rooster; Sperm

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL; CHICKEN; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILITY; FREEZING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CRYOPRESERVATION; D-ASPARTIC ACID; FERTILITY; FREEZING; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 85009454906     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2017.01.014     Document Type: Article

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