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Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Spermatozoa: Collection, Cryopreservation, and Heterologous In Vitro Fertilization
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Storage of boar semen
L A Johnson1, K F Weitze, P Fiser
1Germplasm and Gamete Physiology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Services, US Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
Animal Reproduction Science
|August 5, 2000
Abstract:
The problems, aspects and methods of liquid storage and freeze-thawing of boar semen are discussed and a review is given on examination of spermatozoa by the recent fluorescent staining methods.
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