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Recent developments in cryopreservation of stallion semen with special emphasis on thawing procedure using thermal hysteresis proteins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

A. Arav ,
J.N. Carney ,
G.R. Pease  and
K.L. Liu
A. Arav
Affiliation:
Fisilogia Veterinaria, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
J.N. Carney
Affiliation:
Equine Reproduction, University fo California at Davis, California, USA
G.R. Pease
Affiliation:
Biomedical Engineering, University of California at BerkeleyCalifornia, USA
K.L. Liu
Affiliation:
Equine Reproduction, University fo California at Davis, California, USA
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While the first attempt to cool and preserve stallion semen was done 200 years ago (by Spallazani) and the first pregnancy achieved with frozen-thawes stallion semen almost 40 years ago (Barker & Gandier, 1957), frozen stallion semen has not been used widely, mainly because of its association with low fertility.

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Zygote , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , November 1994 , pp. 379 - 382
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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