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Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 24-32 , January 2009

Colloidal Centrifugation of Stallion Semen: Changes in Sperm Motility, Velocity, and Chromatin Integrity during Storage

J.M. Morrell
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Reproduction, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala
- Reprint requests: J. Morrell, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Reproduction, Box 7054, Uppsala SE-75007.
A. Johannisson
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology & Biochemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
H. Strutz
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Reproduction, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala
A.-M. Dalin
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Reproduction, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala
H. Rodriguez-Martinez
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Reproduction, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala

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