Journal of Animals
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 821954, 9 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/821954
Research Article
Effect of Superoxide Dismutase on Semen Parameters and Antioxidant Enzyme Activities of Liquid Stored (5°C) Mithun (Bos frontalis) Semen
Animal Reproduction Laboratory, National Research Centre on Mithun (ICAR), Jharnapani, Nagaland 797 106, India
Received 15 November 2013; Revised 28 January 2014; Accepted 8 February 2014; Published 13 March 2014
Academic Editor: Mustafa N. Bucak
Copyright © 2014 P. Perumal. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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