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Relationship between the characteristics of epididymal red deer spermatozoa and penetrability into zona-free hamster ova Soler AJ, Garde JJ Department of Agroforestry Science and Technology and Game Resources (IDR), Castilla-La Mancha University, Albacete, Spain A heterologous (zona-free hamster oocytes) in vitro fertilization (IVF) system was used to evaluate the relationship between sperm factors and penetration [...]

Storage of red deer epididymides for four days at 5 degrees C: effects on sperm motility, viability, and morphological integrity Soler AJ, Perez-Guzman MD, Garde JJ Dpto de Ciencia y Tecnologia Agroforestal, ETSIA, UCLM, Albacete, Spain The purpose of this study was to assess the sperm motility, the plasma membrane integrity and the morphology of [...]

Post-mortem recovery and quality of the spermatozoa obtained from the cauda epididymis of Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) Martínez F Departamento de Biología Celular y Anatomía, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad de León We have applied a statistical protocol based on principal component analysis, clustering methods and discriminant analysis for the identification [...]