Basic aspects of frozen storage of semen

Authors
Holt, WV
Citation
Wv. Holt, Basic aspects of frozen storage of semen, ANIM REPROD, 62(1-3), 2000, pp. 3-22
Citations number
104
Categorie Soggetti
Animal Sciences
Journal title
ANIMAL REPRODUCTION SCIENCE
ISSN journal
03784320 → ACNP
Volume
62
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
3 - 22
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-4320(20000818)62:1-3<3:BAOFSO>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Basic concepts of cryopreservation and the causes of cryoinjury are reviewe d. The possible roles of cryoprotectants and additives are considered in th e context of their putative interactions with the sperm plasma membrane. Mo dern approaches to the laboratory assessment of spermatozoa after freeze-th awing are also briefly discussed. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.